''Ceratophallus socotrensis'' is a
species 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. The snails in this species have sinistral or left-coiling shells. This species is
endemic to
Socotra,
Yemen.
References
Planorbidae
Endemic fauna of Socotra
Gastropods described in 1883
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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