Amuropaludina praerosa
Amuropaludina praerosa is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
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| Subfamily: | Bellamyinae |
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| Species: | A. praerosa |
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Paludina praerosa Gerstfeldt, 1859 | |
Amuropaludina praerosa is the type species of the genus Amuropaludina.[3]
Distribution
This species is found in the Amur River basin, in Russia.[1] The type locality is the middle Amur River.[3]
Major threats include river pollution.[1]
Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Amuropaludina praerosa
References
- Vinarski M. (2011). "Amuropaludina praerosa". In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 May 2014.
- Gerstfeldt G. (1859). "Ueber Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken Sibiriens und Amur-Gebietes". Mémoires des Savants étrangers 9: 507-548. 509-510, plate 9, figs 6a, 7.
- Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.
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