Doryssa lamarckiana

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Doryssa lamarckiana
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Shells of Doryssa lamarckiana
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D. lamarckiana
Binomial name
Doryssa lamarckiana
(Brot, 1870)

Doryssa lamarckiana is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.

Distribution

Distribution of Doryssa lamarckiana include Venezuela. [1]

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References

  1. Baker H. B. (1930). "The Mollusca collected by the University of Michigan – Williamson expedition in Venezuela". Occasional Paper of Museum of zoology 210: 1–95. page 29. PDF.