Miratesta celebensis

Species of gastropod

Miratesta celebensis
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Bulininae
Tribe:
Miratestini
Genus:
Miratesta
Species:
M. celebensis
Binomial name
Miratesta celebensis
P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1898[2]

Miratesta celebensis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. Like all other planorbids it has a sinistral or left-coiling shell.

This species is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2000). "Miratesta celebensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T13580A4203152. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T13580A4203152.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898). Die Süßwassermollusken von Celebes. Band 1. In: Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1898–1901). Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes. Kreidel's Verlag, Wiesbaden. 73-77, table 10, figure 137-144.
Taxon identifiers
Miratesta celebensis


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