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Gyraulus kahuica

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Gyraulus kahuica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Gyraulus
Species:
G. kahuica
Binomial name
Gyraulus kahuica
(Finlay & Laws, 1931)[1]

Gyraulus kahuica is a species of minute, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snailss. All planorbids have sinistral shells. It is native to New Zealand.

Etymology

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The species name kahuica is derived from "Kahu", a Māori personal name, and was part of the tribal name of the principal Māori tribe in the Hawke's Bay district of New Zealand.[2]

Description

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The shell is sinistral and planispiral.

References

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  1. ^ Finlay H. J. & Laws C. R. (23 May 1931). "A Second Species of Planorbis from New Zealand". Trans. N.Z. Inst. 62(1931-32): 23-25.
  2. ^ Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1