''Africanogyrus'' is a

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of air-breathing

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, an aquatic

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in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. In 2007 the genus ''Afrogyrus'' was defined as a junior homonym and ''Africanogyrus'' was proposed as a

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. ''Africanogyrus'' would replace ''Afrogyrus'' Brown & Mandahl-Barth, 1973 ot the same thing as ''Afrogyrus'' Brinck, 1955 In turn, ''Africanogyrus'' has become a synonym of ''

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'' D.S. Brown & Mandahl-Barth, 1973

Species

The genus ''Afrogyrus'' used contains four species, all of which have become synonyms: * '' Africanogyrus coretus'' (de Blainville, 1826): synonym of ''

Hovorbis coretus ''Hovorbis coretus'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae. The species is found in Southern Africa. References coretus {{Improve categories, date=February 2022 ...

'' (de Blainville, 1826) * '' Africanogyrus crassilabrum'' (Morelet, 1860): synonym of ''

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'' (Morelet, 1860) * '' Africanogyrus rodriguezensis'' (Crosse, 1873) (synonym: ''Afrogyrus rodriguezensis''): synonym of ''

Hovorbis rodriguezensis ''Hovorbis rodriguezensis'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Hovorbis rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873). A ...

'' (Crosse, 1873) * '' Africanogyrus starmuehlneri'' (Brown, 1980) (synonym: ''Afrogyrus starmuehlneri''): synonym of ''

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'' (Brown, 1980)

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