Kessneria

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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|image = Kessneria papillosa (MNHN-IM-2012-18770) 002.jpeg

|image_caption = Shell of Kessneria papillosa (paratype at MNHN, Paris)

|taxon = Kessneria

|authority = Walker & Ponder, 2001Walker J. C. & Ponder W. (2001). "A new genus and species of Planorbidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Pulmonata) from northern Australia". Journal of Molluscan Studies 67: 153-160. [https://web.archive.org/web/20051024001443/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/67/2/153 abstract].

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|type_species = Kessneria papillosa J. C. Walker & Ponder, 2001

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Kessneria is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kessneria J. C. Walker & Ponder, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818333 on 2021-04-12

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Distribution

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

Species

Species within this genus include:

References

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Category:Planorbidae

Category:Taxa named by Winston Ponder

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