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Segmentorbis kanisaensis

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Segmentorbis kanisaensis
Drawing of apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Segmentorbis kanisaensis.
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S. kanisaensis
Binomial name
Segmentorbis kanisaensis
(Preston, 1914)
Synonyms[1]
  • Segmentina kanisaensis Preston, 1914
  • Segmentorbis formosa Connolly, 1928

Segmentorbis kanisaensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Distribution

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Distribution of Segmentorbis kanisaensis include Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.[1]

Description

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All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Appleton C., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Nicayenzi F., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Segmentorbis kanisaensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 3 December 2010.