Biology:Belgrandiella parreyssii

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Belgrandiella parreyssii
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.162528 - Belgrandiella parreyssii (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) - Hydrobiidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Belgrandiella
Species:
B. parreyssii
Binomial name
Belgrandiella parreyssii
(Pfeiffer, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Belgrandiella parreyssi (Pfeiffer, 1841) [orth. error]
  • Bythinella parreissii Pfeiffer, 1841
  • Paludinella parreyssii Pfeiffer, 1841
  • Paludina parreyssii Pfeiffer, 1841

Belgrandiella parreyssi is a species of minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Austria where it is found only in one thermal spring at Bad Voeslau, south of Vienna. Due to man made changes of the habitat the population has been decreasing rapidly since the 1970s.

References

Bibliography

  • Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (1841). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Deutschlands. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7 (1): p. 227: Paludina, 1. P. Parreyssii

Wikidata ☰ Q4847528 entry