Ceratophallus kisumiensis

Ceratophallus kisumiensis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.

Ceratophallus kisumiensis

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Genus:
Ceratophallus
Species:
C. kisumiensis
Binomial name
Ceratophallus kisumiensis
(Preston, 1912)

This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and intermittent freshwater lakes.

References
  1. Lange C. N. (2010). "Ceratophallus kisumiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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