Gabbiella stanleyi

Gabbiella stanleyi is a species of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.

Gabbiella stanleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Bithyniidae
Genus:
Gabbiella
Species:
G. stanleyi
Binomial name
Gabbiella stanleyi
Synonyms

Bythinia stanleyi E. A. Smith, 1877

The specific name stanleyi is in honor of explorer Henry Morton Stanley.[2]

This species is endemic to Lake Malawi.[1]

References
  1. Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C. (2018). "Gabbiella stanleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T44231A120112145. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44231A120112145.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Smith E. A. (1877). "On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 712-722. Page 717, Plate 75, figures 21-22.


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