Gyraulus costulatus is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Gyraulus costulatus
Drawing of apical and apertural view of the shell of Gyraulus costulatus.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Gyraulus
Species:
G. costulatus
Binomial name
Gyraulus costulatus
(Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gyraulus exilis Mandahl-Barth, 1954
  • Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848

Distribution

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Gyraulus costulatus is widespread in Africa and distribution of Gyraulus costulatus include Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Egypt, mainland of the Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania; Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Description

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All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Appleton, C.; Ghamizi, M.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K.; Lange, C.; Stensgaard, A.-S. (2018). "Gyraulus costulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T165767A120115499. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T165767A120115499.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.