Georissa filiasaulae

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Georissa filiasaulae
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Shell of Georissa filiasaulae.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Hydrocenidae
Genus: Georissa
Species:
G. filiasaulae
Binomial name
Georissa filiasaulae
Haase & Schilthuizen, 2007 [1]

Georissa filiasaulae is a species of a minute land snail that have an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrocenidae.

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Distribution

This species lives in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. [2]

Ecology

It lives in caves. [2]

Related Research Articles

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References

  1. Haase M. & Schilthuizen M. (2007). "A new Georissa (Gastropoda: Neritopsina: Hydrocenidae) from a limestone cave in Malaysian Borneo". Journal of Molluscan Studies73(3): 215-221. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym020.
  2. 1 2 Schilthuizen M., Rutten E. J. M. & Haase M. (2012). "Small-scale genetic structuring in a tropical cave snail and admixture with its above-ground sister species". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105: 727-740. doi : 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01835.x.