Neoplanorbis smithi

Neoplanorbis smithi
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:	Planorboidea
Family:	Planorbidae
Subfamily:	Neoplanorbinae
Genus:	Neoplanorbis
Species:	†N. smithi
Binomial name
†Neoplanorbis smithi Walker, 1908

†Neoplanorbis smithi was a

. The shells of this species appear to be dextral in coiling, but as is the case in all planorbids, the shell is actually sinistral. In life the shell was carried upside down with the aperture on the right, and this makes it appear to be dextral.

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