Leichhardtia (gastropod)
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Subfamily: | Miratestinae |
Genus: | Leichhardtia Walker, 1988[1] |
Leichhardtia is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
All species within this genus and this family have sinistral shells.
Distribution[edit]
This genus is endemic to, and restricted to, northern Australia.
Species[edit]
Species within this genus include:
See also[edit]
- Similar genus is Kessneria.
References[edit]
- ^ Walker (1988). Rec. Aust. Mus. 40 (1-2): 81.