Lentorbis

Lentorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Lentorbis
Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Lentorbis carringtoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Genus:
Lentorbis

Mandahl-Barth, 1954[1]

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Distribution

This genus lives in Africa.

Species

Species within this genus include:

References
  1. Mandahl-Barth (1954). Ann. Mus. Congo belge (Sér. 8) Sci. Zool., 32: 92.
  2. Appleton C., Darwall W., Kaunda E., Kristensen T. K., Mailosi A. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Lentorbis carringtoni. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 4 December 2010.
  3. Appleton C., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Lentorbis junodi. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 4 December 2010.


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