Lanistes ovum (Peters, 1845)

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Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845
Lanistes ovum from Congo.
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Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845
Lanistes ovum from Congo.
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Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845
Lanistes ovum.
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Shell: The snail form this genus all have a hyperstrophic sinistral shell, which means the shell is sinistral, but the body of the snail is dextral.
Operculum:
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Eggs:

Food:
Behaviour:
Distribution:
Congo, Chad, Ghana, Cameroon, Gambia, Angola, Comoren, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

 

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