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Hovorbis rodriguezensis

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Species of gastropod

Hovorbis rodriguezensis
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Hovorbis
Species: H. rodriguezensis
Binomial name
Hovorbis rodriguezensis
(Crosse, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Africanogyrus rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873)
  • Afrogyrus rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873)
  • Planorbis rodriguezensis Crosse, 1873 (original combination)

Hovorbis rodriguezensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Mauritius.

This species' generic name was first changed to Africanogyrus in 2007.

References

  1. Van Damme, D. (2016). "Africanogyrus rodriguezensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T618A91287686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T618A91287686.en.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Hovorbis rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1245309 on 2019-01-15
  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. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p.

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Taxon identifiers
Africanogyrus rodriguezensis


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