Wattebledia crosseana

Wattebledia crosseana
Apertural view of the shell of Wattebledia crosseana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Wattebledia
Species: W. crosseana
Binomial name
Wattebledia crosseana
(Wattebled, 1886)

Wattebledia crosseana is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

The specific name crosseana is in honor of French conchologist Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse.

Distribution

The native distribution of this species includes:

References

  1. Kulsantiwong J., Prasopdee S., Ruangsittichai J., Ruangjirachuporn W., Boonmars T., Viyanant V., Pierossi P., Hebert P. D. N. & Tesana S. (2013). "DNA Barcode Identification of Freshwater Snails in the Family Bithyniidae from Thailand". PLoS ONE 8(11): e79144. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079144.


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