''Lentorbis'' is a

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of air-breathing

freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

s, 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 ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the

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Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Distribution

This genus lives in Africa.

Species

Species within this genus include: * ''

Lentorbis carringtoni ''Lentorbis carringtoni'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. Distribution Distribution of ''Lentorbis carringtoni'' include Malawi, Mozambique ...

'' (de Azevedo et al., 1961) * ''

Lentorbis junodi ''Lentorbis'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, ...

'' (Connolly, 1922)Appleton C., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009)
''Lentorbis junodi''
In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. . Retrieved 4 December 2010.

References

Planorbidae {{Planorbidae-stub