Leichhardtia

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

For the plant of the family Phyllanthaceae, see Phyllanthus. For the plant of the family Cupressaceae, see Callitris.

Leichhardtia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Genus:
Leichhardtia

Walker, 1988[1]

All species within this genus and this family have sinistral shells.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to, and restricted to, northern Australia.

Species

Species within this genus include:

  • Leichhardtia sisurnius
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See also

References
  1. Walker (1988). Rec. Aust. Mus. 40 (1-2): 81.


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