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Kessneria

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Kessneria
Shell of Kessneria papillosa (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Superfamily: Lymnaeoidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Miratestinae
Genus: Kessneria
Walker & Ponder, 2001[1]
Type species
Kessneria papillosa J. C. Walker & Ponder, 2001

Kessneria is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. [2]

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Distribution

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

Species

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Species within this genus include:

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kessneria J. C. Walker & Ponder, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818333 on 2021-04-12