| Paludiscala caramba | |
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| Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Paludiscala caramba. The height of the shell is 2.5 mm. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cochliopidae |
| Genus: | Paludiscala |
| Species: | P. caramba |
| Binomial name | |
| Paludiscala caramba Taylor, 1966 | |
Paludiscala caramba, the paludiscala de oro snail, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Cochliopidae. This species is endemic to freshwater marshes in Coahuila State, Mexico. [2]
The specific name caramba is from a Spanish exclamation expressing surprise: "caramba". This name was given by its discoverer, the American malacologist Dwight Taylor, who said the name was a loose translation of his "original remarks at seeing the shells," which are surprisingly similar to those of a predominantly marine family, the Epitoniidae. [2]
