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Drawing of apertural view of the shell of Pachydrobiella brevis | |
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Genus: | Pachydrobiella |
Species: | P. brevis |
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Pachydrobiella brevis | |
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Pachydrobia brevis Bavay, 1895 |
Pachydrobiella brevis is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.
Pachydrobiella brevis is the only species in the genus Pachydrobiella. [1]
The distribution of Pachydrobiella brevis includes Khong Island in the Mekong River, southern Laos. [1] The type locality is Khong Island. [1] This species is probably endemic to the Khong Island region. [1]
The shape of the shell is ovate-conic. [1] The shell is thick and smooth. [1] The smooth shell is unique in the tribe Jullieniini. [1] The outer lip is thick with growth lines. [1]
The width of the shell is 2.5 mm. [3] The height of the shell is 2.2–3.6 mm. [1]
Thiele (1928) [2] and Brandt (1970) made a drawing showing smooth teeth in the radula, but Davis (1979) showed multiserrate teeth in the radula. [1]
Pachydrobiella brevis lives primarily in freshwater habitats that lack a current or have only a slight current. [1] However this species sometimes or rarely also lives also in places where the current is moderate or strong all the way to whitewater. [1]
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