Choanomphalus maacki is a species of freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids.
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| an apertural view of the shell of Choanomphalus maacki maacki | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Choanomphalus |
| Species: | C. maacki
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| Choanomphalus maacki Gerstfeldt, 1859[2]
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| Synonyms[5] | |
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of C. maacki maacki:
of C. maacki andrussowianus:
of C. maacki elatior:
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Choanomphalus maacki is the type species of the genus Choanomphalus.[5]
Subspecies edit
- Choanomphalus maacki maacki Gerstfeldt, 1859[5]
- Choanomphalus maacki andrussowianus (Lindholm, 1909)[5][6]
- Choanomphalus maacki elatior Lindholm, 1909[5][6]
However, IUCN Red List 2013 lists these three as synonyms.[1]
Distribution edit
This species is found in Lake Baikal, Russia.[1] Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and river mouths.[1]
Description edit
The width of the shell is 5–6 mm.[7] The height of the shell is 2.5–3.0 mm.[7]
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References edit
- ^ a b c d Vinarski, M.; Sitnikova, T. (2012). "Choanomphalus maacki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T188932A1915849. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T188932A1915849.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ (in German) Gerstfeldt G. (1859). "Ueber Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken Sibiriens und Amur-Gebietes". Mémoires des Savants étrangers 9: 507-548.
- ^ (in German) Dybowski W. (1901). "Beschreibung neuer Choanomphalus-Arten". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 33(8): 119–125.
- ^ (in Polish) Dybowski B. & Grochmalicki J. (1925). "Przyczynki doo znajomości mięczaków jeziora Bajkalskiego. (Contributions à la connaissance des Mollusques du lac Baical)". Wladislaviidae nom. fam. Kosmos (Lwow), 50: 819–881.
- ^ a b c d e Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.
- ^ a b (in German) Lindholm W. A. (1909). "Die Mollusken des Baikal-Sees (Gastropoda et Pelecypoda) systematisch und zoogeographisch bearb". Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer zoologische Expedition nach dem Baikal-See unter Leitung des Prof. Alexis Korotneff i. d. J. 1900–1902, 4. Kiew und Berlin, Fridländer und Sohn: 1–104. page 10, plate 2, fig. 28–30; page 13, plate 2, fig. 25–27.
- ^ a b (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Monographie du genre Choanomphalus". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, série 2, 12: 527–531. plate 23.
External links edit
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