Hovorbis starmuehlneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Genus:
Hovorbis
Species:
H. starmuehlneri
Binomial name
Hovorbis starmuehlneri
(Brown, 1980)
Synonyms

Afrogyrus starmuehlneri (Brown, 1980)

Hovorbis starmuehlneri 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.[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

The original generic name was first changed to Africanogyrus in 2007.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Van Damme, D. (2016). "Africanogyrus starmuehlneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T619A91287776. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T619A91287776.en.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Hovorbis starmuehlneri (Brown, 1980). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1245307 on 2019-01-16
  3. ↑ Özdikmen, H.; Darilmaz, M. B. (2007). "Africanogyrus nom. n., a replacement name for the preoccupied snail genus Afrogyrus Brown & Mandahl-Barth, 1973 (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)". African Invertebrates. 48 (2): 259–260. Archived from the original on 2008-01-05.
  • Brown, D.S. (1980). New and little known gastropod species of fresh and brackish waters in Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 46: 208-223. London.
  • Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p. page(s): 189


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