Glacidorbis occidentalis

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Glacidorbis occidentalis
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G. occidentalis
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Glacidorbis occidentalis
Bunn & Stoddart, 1983

Glacidorbis occidentalis is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Glacidorbidae. This species is endemic to Australia.

This species was previously placed within the Hydrobiidae.

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References

  1. Ponder W. F. & Slack-Smith S. (1996). Glacidorbis occidentalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.