Pseudotricula eberhardi
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 | |
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Shell of Pseudotricula eberhardi (paratype at MNHN,[1] Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
The species is an aquatic, cave-dwelling snail found only in Tasmania.[4]
References
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudotricula eberhardi Ponder, 1992". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- "Species Pseudotricula eberhardi Ponder, 1992". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- 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.
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