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Leichhardtia (gastropod)

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Genus of gastropods

Leichhardtia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Miratestinae
Genus: Leichhardtia
Walker, 1988

Leichhardtia is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

All species within this genus and this family have sinistral shells.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to, and restricted to, northern Australia.

Species

Species within this genus include:

See also

References

  1. Walker (1988). Rec. Aust. Mus. 40 (1-2): 81.
Taxon identifiers
Leichhardtia


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