Biology:Galba cousini

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Galba cousini
Galba cousini (MNHN-IM-2000-35289) 002.jpeg
Apertural view of a shell of Galba cousini (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Galba
Species:
G. cousini
Binomial name
Galba cousini
(Jousseaume, 1887)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Limnaea selli Preston, 1907 (a junior synonym)

Lymnaea bogotensis Pilsbry, 1935[1]
Lymnaea cousini Jousseaume, 1887

Galba cousini is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.[4]

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador.

References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1935). "South American land and freshwater mollusks. IX - Colombian species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87: 83-88.
  2. "Galba cubensis". Taxonomy browser, accessed 16 September 2012.
  3. Velasquez L. E. (2006]. "Synonymy between Lymnaea bogotensis Pilsbry, 1935 and Lymnaea cousini Jousseaume, 1887 (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae)". Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 101: 795-799. PDF.
  4. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Galba Schrank, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716335 on 2020-12-14
  • Pilsbry, H. A. (1935). South American land and freshwater mollusks. 9. Colombian species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 87: 83–88.
  • Pointier J.P. (ed.). (2015). Freshwater molluscs of Venezuela and their medical and veterinary importance. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 228 pp

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5518175 entry