Megalovalvata baicalensis
| Megalovalvata baicalensis | |
|---|---|
| not evaluated[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Valvatoidea |
| Family: | Valvatidae |
| Genus: | Megalovalvata |
| Species: | M. baicalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalovalvata baicalensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)[2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
|
Paludina baicalensis Gerstfeldt, 1859 | |
Megalovalvata baicalensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in lake Baikal in depths from 3 to 50 m, and in the Angara River in Russia.[3]
The type locality is Lake Baikal ("Baikalsee").[3]
Habitat
This snail lives in freshwater habitats.
References
- ↑ IUCN (2013). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 May 2014.
- ↑ Gerstfeldt G. (1859). "Ueber Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken Sibiriens und Amur-Gebietes". Mémoires des Savants étrangers 9: 507-548. page 510, plate 9, figs 8-10.
- 1 2 3 Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.
- ↑ Dybowski W. (1875). "Die Gastropoden-Fauna des Baikal-Sees, anatomisch und systematisch bearbeitet". Mémories de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 22(8): 73 pp.
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