Asolene spixii
Species of gastropod
| Asolene spixii | |
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| 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) | |
Asolene spixii is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
The specific name spixii is in honour of German biologist Johann Baptist von Spix.
Distribution
Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
References
- ^ 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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