| Planorbis kahuica | |
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| Subfamily: | Planorbinae
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| Tribe: | Planorbini
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| Species: | P. kahuica
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| Planorbis kahuica | |
Planorbis kahuica is a species of minute, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All planorbids have sinistral shells
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.[2]
The shell is sinistral and planispiral.