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Segmentorbis kanisaensis
Segmentorbis kanisaensis shell.png
Drawing of apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Segmentorbis kanisaensis.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Genus:
Segmentorbis
Species:
S. kanisaensis
Binomial name
Segmentorbis kanisaensis
(Preston, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Segmentina kanisaensis Preston, 1914
  • Segmentorbis formosa Connolly, 1928

Segmentorbis kanisaensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Distribution

Distribution of Segmentorbis kanisaensis include Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.

Description

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

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