Kessneria

Kessneria is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Kessneria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Genus:
Kessneria

Walker & Ponder, 2001[1]

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to, and restricted to, northern Australia.[1]

Species

Species within this genus include:

References
  1. Walker J. C. & Ponder W. (2001). "A new genus and species of Planorbidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Pulmonata) from northern Australia". Journal of Molluscan Studies 67: 153-160. abstract.


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