Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni

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Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Lymnaea
Species:
Subspecies:
L. t. hamiltoni
Trinomial name
Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni
(Dell, 1956)
Synonyms

Limnaea alfredi hamiltoniDell, 1956
Limnaea atomentosaClimo & Pullan, 1972

Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni is an extinct subspecies of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

This subspecies was endemic to New Zealand. [1] The shells of these snails were found in lake marls in the southern part of the South Island.

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References

  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1