Pseudotricula eberhardi

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Pseudotricula eberhardi
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Shell of Pseudotricula eberhardi (paratype at MNHN, [1] Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Pseudotricula
Species:
P. eberhardi
Binomial name
Pseudotricula eberhardi
Ponder, 1992

Pseudotricula eberhardi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Tateidae. [2] and was first described in 1992 by Winston Ponder. [3] [4] The species epithet honours Stefan Eberhard who collected the type specimens. [4]

Pseudotricula eberhardi
Paratype site: Black Curtain Streamway, Cueva Blanca, Precipitous Bluff, TAS'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000D-QINU`"'

This species is an aquatic, cave-dwelling snail found only in Tasmania. [4]

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References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudotricula eberhardi Ponder, 1992". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  2. "Species Pseudotricula eberhardi Ponder, 1992". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  3. 1 2 3 WF Ponder (1992). "A new genus and species of aquatic cave-living snail from Tasmania (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 126: 23–28. doi:10.26749/RSTPP.126.23. ISSN   0080-4703. Wikidata   Q99975727.