Miratesta celebensis
| Miratesta celebensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Planorboidea |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Subfamily: | Bulininae |
| Tribe: | Miratestini |
| Genus: | Miratesta |
| Species: | M. celebensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Miratesta celebensis P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1898[2] | |
Miratesta celebensis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. Like all other planorbids it has a sinistral or left-coiling shell.
This species is endemic to Philippines. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
References
- ↑ Bouchet P. (2000). Miratesta celebensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ↑ (German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898). Die Süßwassermollusken von Celebes. Band 1. In: Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898–1901). Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes. Kreidel's Verlag, Wiesbaden. 73-77, table 10, figure 137-144.
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