Hovorbis starmuehlneri explained

Hovorbis starmuehlneri is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Planorbidae the ram's horn snails and their allies.^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

The original generic name was first changed to Africanogyrus in 2007.^[2]

References

• Brown, D.S. (1980). New and little known gastropod species of fresh and brackish waters in Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 46: 208-223. London.
• Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p. page(s): 189

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Hovorbis starmuehlneri (Brown, 1980). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1245307 on 2019-01-16
2. . 259–260 . Africanogyrus nom. n., a replacement name for the preoccupied snail genus Afrogyrus Brown & Mandahl-Barth, 1973 (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) . Özdikmen . H. . Darilmaz, M. B. . 48 . 2 . 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080105080504/http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/OzdikmenDarilmaz_2007_2_180.aspx . 2008-01-05 .