Gabbiella stanleyi
| Gabbiella stanleyi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Gabbiella |
| Species: | G. stanleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gabbiella stanleyi (E. A. Smith, 1877)[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Bythinia stanleyi E. A. Smith, 1877 | |
Gabbiella stanleyi is a species of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.
The specific name stanleyi is in honor of explorer Henry Morton Stanley.[2]
This species is endemic to Lake Malawi.[1]
References
- 1 2 Ngereza, C., Lange, C.N., Kaunda, E., Magombo, Z., Kahwa, D. & Mailosi, A. 2004. Gabbiella stanleyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- 1 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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