Segmentorbis kanisaensis

Segmentorbis kanisaensis
	Drawing of apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Segmentorbis kanisaensis.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (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:	Segmentorbis
Species:	S. kanisaensis
Binomial name
	Segmentorbis kanisaensis; (Preston, 1914)
Synonyms[1]
	Segmentina kanisaensis Preston, 1914; Segmentorbis formosa Connolly, 1928;

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

Distribution

Distribution of Segmentorbis kanisaensis include Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.[1]

Description

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

References

Appleton C., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Nicayenzi F., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Segmentorbis kanisaensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.

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[IUCN_2010-1] Appleton C., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Nicayenzi F., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Segmentorbis kanisaensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.