Beddomeia krybetes
Beddomeia krybetes is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Tateidae. It was first described in 1993 by Winston Ponder, G.A. Clark, Alison Miller and A Toluzzi.[2]
| Beddomeia krybetes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Tateidae |
| Genus: | Beddomeia |
| Species: | B. krybetes |
| Binomial name | |
| Beddomeia krybetes Ponder & Clark, 1993 | |
This species is endemic to Tasmania, and known only from its type locality, where it is found in freshwater under large, stable rocks where the stream has a strong flow.[3]
References
- Ponder, W.F. (1996). "Beddomeia krybetes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2700A9469305. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2700A9469305.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- WF Ponder; GA Clark; AC Miller; A Toluzzi (1993). "On a major radiation of freshwater snails in Tasmania and eastern Victoria: a preliminary overview of the Beddomeia group (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Hydrobiidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 7 (3): 501-750 [531]. doi:10.1071/IT9930501. ISSN 1445-5226. Wikidata Q117383672.
- https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Beddomeia_krybetes
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