Gyraulus kahuica

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| genus = Gyraulus

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| authority = (Finlay & Laws, 1931)Finlay H. J. & Laws C. R. (23 May 1931). "A Second Species of Planorbis from New Zealand". Trans. N.Z. Inst. 62(1931-32): [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_62/rsnz_62_00_000510.html 23]-25.

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Gyraulus kahuica is a species of minute, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snailss. All planorbids have sinistral shells. It is native to New Zealand.

Etymology

The species name kahuica is derived from "Kahu", a Māori personal name, and was part of the tribal name of the principal Māori tribe in the Hawke's Bay district of New Zealand.Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}

Description

The shell is sinistral and planispiral.

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