Planorbis kahuica
| Planorbis kahuica | |
|---|---|
| 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: | Planorbis |
| Species: | P. kahuica |
| Binomial name | |
| Planorbis kahuica Finlay & Laws, 1931[1] | |
Planorbis kahuica is a species of minute, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All planorbids have sinistral shells
Etymology
The species name kahuica is derived from "Kahu", a Māori personal name, and was part of the tribal name of the principal Māori tribe in the Hawke's Bay district of New Zealand.[2]
Description
The shell is sinistral and planispiral.
References
- ↑ Finlay H. J. & Laws C. R. (23 May 1931). "A Second Species of Planorbis from New Zealand". Trans. N.Z. Inst. 62(1931-32): 23-25.
- ↑ Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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