Australian freshwater limpet
| Australian freshwater limpet | |
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| Shell of Ancylastrum cumingianus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Planorboidea |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Ancylastrum |
| Species: | A. cumingianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancylastrum cumingianus (Bourguignat, 1853) | |
The Australian freshwater limpet or Tasmanian freshwater limpet, scientific name Ancylastrum cumingianus, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail or freshwater limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Planorbidae. This species is endemic to Australia.
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Ancylastrum cumingianus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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