Leichhardtia

For the plant of the Phyllanthaceae family, see Phyllanthus.
Leichhardtia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Leichhardtia
Walker, 1988[1]

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

All species within this genus and this family have sinistral shells.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to, and restricted to, northern Australia.

Species

Species within this genus include:

See also

References

  1. Walker (1988). Rec. Aust. Mus. 40 (1-2): 81.


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