Amuropaludina pachya

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Amuropaludina pachya
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Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Amuropaludina pachya.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Amuropaludina
Species:
A. pachya
Binomial name
Amuropaludina pachya
(Bourguignat, 1860) [2]
Synonyms [1]

Vivipara pachya Bourguignat, 1860

Amuropaludina pachya is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

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Distribution

This species is found in the central and lower parts of the Amur River basin, in Russia. [1] The type locality is the Amur River ("le fleuve Amour"). [2]

Major threats include river pollution. [1]

Drawing of a lateral view of the shell of Amuropaludina pachya Amuropaludina pachya shell 2.png
Drawing of a lateral view of the shell of Amuropaludina pachya

Description

The width of the shell is 21 mm. [2] The height of the shell is 34 mm. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Vinarski, M.V. (2011). "Amuropaludina pachya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T189596A8752851. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189596A8752851.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Catalogue des mollusques de la famille des paludinées recueillis jusqu'à ce jour en Sibérie et sur la territoire de l'Amour". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie , série 2, 12: 531-537. 532-533, plate 24, figs. 1-2.


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