Gyraulus costulatus

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

Gyraulus costulatus
Drawing of apical and apertural view of the shell of Gyraulus costulatus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Planorbinae
Tribe:
Planorbini
Genus:
Gyraulus
Species:
G. costulatus
Binomial name
Gyraulus costulatus
(Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gyraulus exilis Mandahl-Barth, 1954
  • Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848

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, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania; Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Description

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

References
  1. Appleton C., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Gyraulus costulatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 March 2011.
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