Glacidorbis hedleyi

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Glacidorbis hedleyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Glacidorbidae
Genus: Glacidorbis
Species:
G. hedleyi
Binomial name
Glacidorbis hedleyi
Iredale, 1943 [1]

Glacidorbis hedleyi is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Glacidorbidae.

Glacidorbis hedleyi is the type species of the genus Glacidorbis. [2]

The type locality is Blue Lake, Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Australia. [2]

The shape of the shell is planispiral. [2] The width of the shell is 2 mm, rarely up to 2.8 mm. [2]

References

  1. Iredale T. (1943). "A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia". Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ponder W. F. & Avern G. J. (2000). "The Glacidorbidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Australia". Records of the Australian Museum52(3): 307–353. PDF Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine , abstract Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine