Planorbis kahuica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Planorbinae
Tribe:
Planorbini
Genus:
Planorbis
Species:
P. kahuica
Binomial name
Planorbis kahuica
Finlay & Laws, 1931[1]

Planorbis kahuica is a species of minute, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All planorbids have sinistral shells

Etymology

The species name kahuica is derived from "Kahu", a Māori personal name, and was part of the tribal name of the principal Māori tribe in the Hawke's Bay district of New Zealand.[2]

Description

The shell is sinistral and planispiral.

References

  1. ↑ Finlay H. J. & Laws C. R. (23 May 1931). "A Second Species of Planorbis from New Zealand". Trans. N.Z. Inst. 62(1931-32): 23-25.
  2. ↑ Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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