Biology:Spiralix heisenbergi

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Short description: Species of snail

Spiralix heisenbergi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Moitessieriidae
Genus: Spiralix
Species:
S. heisenbergi
Binomial name
Spiralix heisenbergi
Quiñonero-Salgado, Á. Alonso & Rolán, 2021
Synonyms

Spiralix (Spiralix) heisenbergi Quiñonero-Salgado, Á. Alonso & Rolán, 2021 · alternate representation

Spiralix heisenbergi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Moitessieriidae. [1]

Details

Spiralix heisenbergi is a stygobiotic species endemic to Castellón Province in Spain , where it is only known from Fuente de los Ignacios near Argelita.[2]

This species is named after Walter White (pseudonym Heisenberg), the main character of American television series Breaking Bad. It is thought to be in danger due to its restricted habitat.[3]

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Spiralix heisenbergi Quiñonero-Salgado, Á. Alonso & Rolán, 2021. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1526806 on 14 June 2023
  2. "Molluscabase – Spiralix heisenbergi Quiñonero-Salgado, Á. Alonso & Rolán, 2021". https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1526806. 
  3. Quiñonero-Salgado, Sergio; Alonso, Álvaro; Rolán, Emilio (31 July 2021). "New species of the genus Spiralix Boeters, 1972 (Gastropoda: Moitessieriidae) from Spain" (in en). Nemus. Revista de l'Ateneu de Natura (11): 107–112. ISSN 2386-3803. https://raco.cat/index.php/Nemus/article/view/391575. 


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