Asolene spixii

Asolene spixii is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Asolene spixii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Ampullarioidea
Family:
Ampullariidae
Genus:
Asolene
Subgenus:
Asolene
Species:
A. spixii
Binomial name
Asolene spixii
(d'Orbigny, 1838)
Synonyms[1]

Ampullaria spixii d'Orbigny, 1838 (original combination)
Ampullaria zonata d'Orbigny, 1835 (invalid: junior homonym of Ampullaria zonata Spix, 1827; A. spixii is a replacement name)

The specific name spixii is in honour of German biologist Johann Baptist von Spix.

Distribution

Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Asolene spixii (d'Orbigny, 1838). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737599 on 2017-11-27


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