Africanogyrus Explained

Africanogyrus is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

In 2007 the genus Afrogyrus was defined as a junior homonym and Africanogyrus was proposed as a replacement name. Africanogyrus would replace Afrogyrus Brown & Mandahl-Barth, 1973 [not the same thing as ''Afrogyrus'' Brinck, 1955]. In turn, Africanogyrus has become a synonym of Hovorbis D.S. Brown & Mandahl-Barth, 1973

Species

The genus Afrogyrus used contains four species, all of which have become synonyms:

• Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826):^[1] synonym of Hovorbis coretus (de Blainville, 1826)
• Africanogyrus crassilabrum (Morelet, 1860): synonym of Hovorbis crassilabrum (Morelet, 1860)
• Africanogyrus rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873) (synonym: Afrogyrus rodriguezensis): synonym of Hovorbis rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873)
• Africanogyrus starmuehlneri (Brown, 1980) (synonym: Afrogyrus starmuehlneri): synonym of Hovorbis starmuehlneri (Brown, 1980)

Further reading

• Brown D. S. (2001). "Taxonomy, biogeography and phylogeny of the non-lacustrine African freshwater snails belonging to the genera Ceratophallus and Afrogyrus (Mollusca: Planorbidae)". Journal of Zoology 255(1): 55-82. .

Notes and References

1. Albrecht, C. . Clewing, C. . Appleton, C. . Curtis, B. . Ghamizi, M. . Jørgensen, A. . Kristensen, T.K. . Lange, C. . Stensgaard, A.-S. . 2018 . Africanogyrus coretus . 2018 . e.T165775A120113348 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T165775A120113348.en . 18 November 2021.