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Isidorella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Planorboidea

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Genus

Similar
  
Choanomphalus, Segmentorbis, Menetus

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

Contents

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to Australia.

Species

Species within this genus include:

  • Isidorella newcombi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) - type species
  • Walker (1988) considered all examined specimen from Australia from this genus as Isidorella newcombi sensu lato.

    Ecology

    Isidorella snails are grazers-scrapers.

    References

    Isidorella Wikipedia


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