Fluvidona dorrigoensis

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Fluvidona dorrigoensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Fluvidona
Species:
F. dorrigoensis
Binomial name
Fluvidona dorrigoensis
Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999

Fluvidona dorrigoensis is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Tateidae.

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Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia. It is currently known from specimens collected from Moonmerri Creek near Dorrigo, northern New South Wales. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Clark, S. (2011). "Fluvidona dorrigoensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011. IUCN: e.T189241A8705527. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189241A8705527.en . Retrieved 11 January 2018.