Leichhardtia is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Subfamily: | Miratestinae |
| Genus: | Leichhardtia Walker, 1988[1] |
All species within this genus and this family have sinistral shells.
Distribution
editThis genus is endemic to, and restricted to, northern Australia.
Species
editSpecies within this genus include:
See also
edit- Similar genus is Kessneria.
References
edit- ^ Walker (1988). Rec. Aust. Mus. 40 (1-2): 81.
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