Segmentorbis kanisaensis

Segmentorbis kanisaensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Segmentorbis kanisaensis
Drawing of apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Segmentorbis kanisaensis.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Segmentorbis
Species:	S. kanisaensis
Binomial name
Segmentorbis kanisaensis (Preston, 1914)
Synonyms[1]
Segmentina kanisaensis Preston, 1914 Segmentorbis formosa Connolly, 1928

Distribution

Distribution of Segmentorbis kanisaensis include Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.^[1]

Description

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.