- Source: Africanogyrus
Africanogyrus is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
In 2007 the genus Afrogyrus was defined as a junior homonym and Africanogyrus was proposed as a replacement name. Africanogyrus would replace Afrogyrus Brown & Mandahl-Barth, 1973 [not the same thing as Afrogyrus Brinck, 1955]. In turn, Africanogyrus has become a synonym of Hovorbis D.S. Brown & Mandahl-Barth, 1973
Species
The genus Afrogyrus used contains four species, all of which have become synonyms:
Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826): synonym of Hovorbis coretus (de Blainville, 1826)
Africanogyrus crassilabrum (Morelet, 1860): synonym of Hovorbis crassilabrum (Morelet, 1860)
Africanogyrus rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873) (synonym: Afrogyrus rodriguezensis): synonym of Hovorbis rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873)
Africanogyrus starmuehlneri (Brown, 1980) (synonym: Afrogyrus starmuehlneri): synonym of Hovorbis starmuehlneri (Brown, 1980)
References
Further reading
Brown D. S. (2001). "Taxonomy, biogeography and phylogeny of the non-lacustrine African freshwater snails belonging to the genera Ceratophallus and Afrogyrus (Mollusca: Planorbidae)". Journal of Zoology 255(1): 55-82. doi:10.1017/S095283690100111X.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Africanogyrus
- Hovorbis coretus
- Hovorbis starmuehlneri
- Hovorbis rodriguezensis
- IUCN Red List endangered species (Animalia)
- List of endangered molluscs
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Animalia)
- Planorbidae
- Hovorbis
- List of endangered invertebrates
