Aplexa venezuelensis

Aplexa venezuelensis
Shell of Aplexa venezuelensis (paratype at the Paleontological Research Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Superfamily:	Lymnaeoidea
Family:	Physidae
Genus:	Aplexa
Species:	A. venezuelensis
Binomial name
Aplexa venezuelensis (E. von Martens, 1859)
Synonyms
Physa venezuelensisE. von Martens, 1859 superseded combination Stenophysa venezuelensis(E. von Martens, 1859) superseded combination

Aplexa venezuelensis is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae, a family which are sometimes known as the bladder snails. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm, its diameter 10 mm.

(Original description in Latin) This shell is ovate and lustrous and contains five whorls.It features a thin, striped, pale horn-colored surface. It tapers to a sharp, dark apex, and its suture is ridged and cross-hatched with a rusty hue. The oblong aperture narrows gradually upwards. It accounts for five-sixths of the shell's total length, and it possesses a small, white columellar fold. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Venezuela.

References

1. Aplexa venezuelensis (E. von Martens, 1859) . 18 September 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Martens, E. von (1859). "Ueber einige Land- und Süsswasser-Schnecken aus Venezuela". Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 66. Retrieved 18 September 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Taylor, D.W. (2003). "Introduction to Physidae (Gastropoda: Hygrophila); biogeography, classification, morphology" (PDF). Revista de Biología Tropical. 51 (Suppl. 1).