Ceratophallus socotrensis

Ceratophallus socotrensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Ceratophallus
Species: C. socotrensis
Binomial name
Ceratophallus socotrensis
(Godwin-Austen, 1883)

Ceratophallus socotrensis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. The snails in this species have sinistral or left-coiling shells. This species is endemic to Socotra, Yemen.

References

  1. Van Damme, D. & Neubert, E. (2012). "Ceratophallus socotrensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
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