''Ceratophallus'' is a
genus of freshwater air-breathing
snails,
aquatic pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Planorbidae, the
ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells. Snails in this genus are found in Africa and some Indian Ocean islands.
Species
Species within this genus include:
* ''
Ceratophallus apertus''
* ''
Ceratophallus bicarinatus''
* ''
Ceratophallus coretus''
* ''
Ceratophallus crassus''
* ''
Ceratophallus faini''
* ''
Ceratophallus gibbonsi'' (Nelson)
* ''
Ceratophallus kisumiensis'' (Preston, 1912)
* ''
Ceratophallus natalensis
''Afrogyrorbis natalensis'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae
Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mol ...
'' (Krauss)
* ''
Ceratophallus pelecystoma
''Ceratophallus'' is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells. Snail ...
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* ''
Ceratophallus socotrensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1883)
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Ceratophallus yesimit
''Ceratophallus'' is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Planorbidae, the sheep, ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinis ...
'' Brown, 2001
[Brown D. S. (2001). "Taxonomy, biogeography and phylogeny of the non-lacustrine African freshwater snails belonging to the genera ''Ceratophallus'' and ''Afrogyrus'' (Mollusca: Planorbidae)". '']Journal of Zoology
The ''Journal of Zoology'' is a scientific journal concerning zoology, the study of animals. It was founded in 1830 by the Zoological Society of London and is published by Wiley-Blackwell. It carries original research papers, which are targeted t ...
'' 255(1): 55-82. .
References
External links
* GBIF info here
Planorbidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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