Filopaludina miveruensis

Filopaludina miveruensis
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Viviparoidea
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Filopaludina
Species:	F. miveruensis
Binomial name
	Filopaludina miveruensis; Smith

Filopaludina miveruensis is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.

Distribution

This species has been reported from Vietnam, but there are doubts about the validity of this species.[1] It may in fact be the African species Bellamya mweruensis.[1]

References

Sri-aroon P., Köhler F. & Richter K. (2012). "Filopaludina miveruensis". In: IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 June 2014.

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[IUCN_2012-1] Sri-aroon P., Köhler F. & Richter K. (2012). "Filopaludina miveruensis". In: IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 June 2014.