Neoplanorbis carinatus
| Neoplanorbis carinatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| Class: | |
| (unranked): | clade
Hygrophila |
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| Species: | †N. carinatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Neoplanorbis carinatus Walker, 1908
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†Neoplanorbis carinatus was a species of air-breathing
mollusk in the family Planorbidae
, the ram's horn snails.
This species was
extinct
.
The shells of this species appear to be dextral in coiling, but as is the case in all planorbids, the shell is actually sinistral. The shell was carried upside down with the aperture on the right, and this makes it appear to be dextral.
References
- . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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