Galba cousini

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Galba cousini
Galba cousini (MNHN-IM-2000-35289) 002.jpeg
Apertural view of a shell of Galba cousini (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Galba
Species:
G. cousini
Binomial name
Galba cousini
(Jousseaume, 1887)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Limnaea selliPreston, 1907 (a junior synonym)

Lymnaea bogotensis Pilsbry, 1935 [3]
Lymnaea cousiniJousseaume, 1887

Contents

Galba cousini is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. [4]

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador.

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References

  1. "Galba cubensis". Taxonomy browser, accessed 16 September 2012.
  2. Velasquez L. E. (2006]. "Synonymy between Lymnaea bogotensis Pilsbry, 1935 and Lymnaea cousini Jousseaume, 1887 (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae)". Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 101: 795-799. PDF.
  3. Pilsbry H. A. (1935). "South American land and freshwater mollusks. IX - Colombian species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87: 83-88.
  4. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Galba Schrank, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716335 on 2020-12-14