Biology:Lioplax

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Lioplax
Lioplax cyclostomaformis shell.jpg
1870 drawing of a shell of Lioplax cyclostomaformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Class:
(unranked):
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Subfamily:
Lioplacinae
Genus:
Lioplax

Troschel, 1857[1]

Lioplax is a genus of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Lioplax include:

  • Lioplax cyclostomaformis, otherwise known as the "cylindrical lioplax"

References

  1. Troschel (1857). Gebiss Schneck. 1: 100.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Lioplax Troschel, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827301 on 2014-12-09

Wikidata ☰ Q2713894 entry