Ceratophallus socotrensis

Ceratophallus socotrensis
Ceratophallus socotrensis
Conservation status
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. socotrensis
Binomial name
Ceratophallus socotrensis
(Godwin-Austen, 1883)

Ceratophallus socotrensis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. The snails in this species have sinistral or left-coiling shells. This species is endemic to Socotra, Yemen.

References

  1. ^ Brown D. S. (1996). Ceratophallus socotrensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.