Biology:Felipponea elongata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Felipponea elongata
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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F. elongata
Binomial name
Felipponea elongata
(Dall, 1921)[1]

Felipponea elongata is a species of large freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snail family.

The original description

Felipponea elongata was originally discovered and described (under the name Ampullaria (Felipponea) elongata) by W. H. Dall in 1921.[1]

Dall's original text (the type description) reads as follows:

Distribution

This species occurs in the Uruguay River in Uruguay.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dall W. H. (April) 1921. TWO NEW SOUTH AMERICAN SHELLS. The Nautilus, volume 34, number 4, 132-133, description is on the page 133.

Wikidata ☰ Q5442075 entry