Edgbastonia alanwillsi

Edgbastonia alanwillsi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. It is currently the sole species within the genus Edgbastonia.

Edgbastonia alanwillsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Subfamily:
Tateinae
Genus:
Edgbastonia
Species:
E. alanwillsi
Binomial name
Edgbastonia alanwillsi
Ponder, Wilke, Zhang, Golding, Fukuda & Mason, 2008[1][2]

E. alanwillsi is endemic to western Queensland, Australia. It is only found in a small group of springs in the Edgbaston Reserve near Aramac, where it is assumed to be relictual.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Edgbastonia alanwillsi". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  2. "Edgbastonia alanwillsi". UniProt. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. Ponder, W. F.; Wilke, T.; Zhang, W.-H.; Golding, R. E.; Fukuda, H. & Mason, R. A. B. (2008). "Edgbastonia alanwillsi n. gen & n. sp. (Tateinae: Hydrobiidae s.l.: Rissooidea: Caenogastropoda); a snail from an artesian spring group in western Queensland, Australia, convergent with some Asian Amnicolidae". Molluscan Research. 28 (2): 89–106.


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