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Gyraulus costulatus (F. Krauss 1848)

Gyraulus costulatus

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Gyraulus costulatus is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Distribution

Gyraulus costulatus is widespread in Africa and distribution of Gyraulus costulatus include Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Egypt, mainland of the Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania; Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Description

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

References

  1. ^ a b c Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Appleton, C.; Ghamizi, M.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K.; Lange, C.; Stensgaard, A.-S. (2018). "Gyraulus costulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T165767A120115499. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T165767A120115499.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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Gyraulus costulatus: Brief Summary

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Gyraulus costulatus is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

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