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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
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- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
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)
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
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)
- Phylum:
Mollusca
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)
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
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)
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
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)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
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)
- J.e. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Basommatophora
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)
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Basommatophora
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)
- Keferstein, in Bronn, 1864
- Superfamily:
Planorboidea
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- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Planorbidae
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)
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus:
Afrogyrus
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- Brown
- Specific name:
starmuehlneri
- Brown
- Scientific name: - Afrogyrus starmuehlneri Brown
- Specific name:
starmuehlneri
- Brown
- Genus:
Afrogyrus
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- Family:
Planorbidae
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- Superfamily:
Planorboidea
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- Suborder:
Basommatophora
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- Order:
Basommatophora
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- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
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- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
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- Class:
Gastropoda
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- Phylum:
Mollusca
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- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Afrogyrus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. coretus · A. rodriguezensis · A. starmuehlneri
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Brown, D.S. 1996. Afrogyrus starmuehlneri. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- Brown, D.S. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 10, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2690476
- IUCN ID: 619
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 650
