Glacidorbis hedleyi
| Glacidorbis hedleyi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Glacidorboidea |
| Family: | Glacidorbidae |
| Genus: | Glacidorbis |
| Species: | G. hedleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Glacidorbis hedleyi Iredale, 1943[1] | |
Glacidorbis hedleyi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Glacidorbidae.
Glacidorbis hedleyi is the type species of the genus Glacidorbis.[2]
The type locality is Blue Lake, Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Australia.[2]
The shape of the shell is planispiral.[2] The width of the shell is 2 mm, rarely up to 2.8 mm.[2]
References
- ↑ Iredale T. (1943). "A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia". Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230.
- 1 2 3 4 Ponder W. F. & Avern G. J. (2000). "The Glacidorbidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Australia". Records of the Australian Museum 52(3): 307–353. PDF, abstract
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