Gabbiella stanleyi

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Gabbiella stanleyi
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G. stanleyi
Binomial name
Gabbiella stanleyi
(E. A. Smith, 1877) [2]
Synonyms

Bythinia stanleyi E. A. Smith, 1877

Gabbiella stanleyi is a species of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.

The specific name stanleyi is in honor of explorer Henry Morton Stanley. [2]

This species is endemic to Lake Malawi. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C. (2018). "Gabbiella stanleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T44231A120112145. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44231A120112145.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Smith E. A. (1877). "On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 712-722. Page 717, Plate 75, figures 21-22.