Wattebledia crosseana

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Wattebledia crosseana
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Apertural view of the shell of Wattebledia crosseana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Wattebledia
Species:
W. crosseana
Binomial name
Wattebledia crosseana
(Wattebled, 1886)

Wattebledia crosseana is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

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The specific name crosseana is in honor of French conchologist Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse.

Distribution

The native distribution of this species includes:

References

  1. Kulsantiwong J., Prasopdee S., Ruangsittichai J., Ruangjirachuporn W., Boonmars T., Viyanant V., Pierossi P., Hebert P. D. N. & Tesana S. (2013). "DNA Barcode Identification of Freshwater Snails in the Family Bithyniidae from Thailand". PLoS ONE 8(11): e79144. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0079144 .