Paludiscala de oro snail
| Paludiscala de oro snail | |
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| Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Paludiscala caramba. The height of the shell is 2.5 mm. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Paludiscala Taylor, 1966 |
| Species: | P. caramba |
| Binomial name | |
| Paludiscala caramba Taylor, 1966 | |
The paludiscala de oro snail, scientific name Paludiscala caramba, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to freshwater marshes in Coahuila State, Mexico.[2]
Paludiscala caramba is the only species in the genus Paludiscala. Its specific name is from a Spanish exclamation expressing surprise: "caramba". This name was given by its discoverer, the American malacologist Dwight Taylor, who said the name was a loose translation of his "original remarks at seeing the shells," which are surprisingly similar to those of a predominantly marine family, the wentletraps or Epitoniidae.[2]
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Paludiscala caramba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- 1 2 Dance S. P. (July 2009). "A name is a name is a name: some thoughts and personal opinions about molluscan scientific names". Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden: Naturalis Museum) 83 (7): 565–576. ISSN 0024-0672. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
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