Hovorbis rodriguezensis
(Redirected from Afrogyrus rodriguezensis)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Hovorbis |
| Species: | H. rodriguezensis
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| Hovorbis rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873)
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Hovorbis rodriguezensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to Mauritius.
This species' generic name was first changed to Africanogyrus in 2007.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Van Damme, D. (2016). "Africanogyrus rodriguezensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T618A91287686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T618A91287686.en.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Hovorbis rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1245309 on 2019-01-15
- ^ Özdikmen, H.; Darilmaz, M. B. (2007). "Africanogyrus nom. n., a replacement name for the preoccupied snail genus Afrogyrus Brown & Mandahl-Barth, 1973 (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)". African Invertebrates. 48 (2): 259–260. Archived from the original on 2008-01-05.
- Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p.
External links
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