Choanomphalus aorus is a species of freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids.
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an apertural view of the shell of Choanomphalus aorus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Choanomphalus |
Species: | C. aorus
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Binomial name | |
Choanomphalus aorus Bourguignat, 1860[1]
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Distribution
editThis species is found in Lake Baikal, Russia and in Angara River.[2]
Description
editThe width of the shell is 5 mm; the height of the shell is 3 mm.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Monographie du genre Choanomphalus". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, série 2, 12: 527-531. plate 23, fig. 11-15.
- ^ Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.
External links
edit- Media related to Choanomphalus aorus at Wikimedia Commons