Australian freshwater limpet

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Australian freshwater limpet
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Shell of Ancylastrum cumingianus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Ancylastrum
Species:
A. cumingianus
Binomial name
Ancylastrum cumingianus
(Bourguignat, 1853)

The Australian freshwater limpet or Tasmanian freshwater limpet, scientific name Ancylastrum cumingianus, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail or freshwater limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Planorbidae. This species is endemic to freshwater lakes in the Central Plateau of Tasmania. [2]

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References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Ancylastrum cumingianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T1261A3365562. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1261A3365562.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Ancylastrum cumingianus - fact sheet". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2018-10-31.