Georissa filiasaulae

Georissa filiasaulae is a species of a minute land snail that have an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrocenidae.

Georissa filiasaulae
Shell of Georissa filiasaulae.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Hydrocenoidea
Family:
Hydrocenidae
Genus:
Georissa
Species:
G. filiasaulae
Binomial name
Georissa filiasaulae
Haase & Schilthuizen, 2007[1]

Distribution

This species lives in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.[2]

Ecology

It lives in caves.[2]

References
  1. Haase M. & Schilthuizen M. (2007). "A new Georissa (Gastropoda: Neritopsina: Hydrocenidae) from a limestone cave in Malaysian Borneo". Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(3): 215-221. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym020.
  2. Schilthuizen M., Rutten E. J. M. & Haase M. (2012). "Small-scale genetic structuring in a tropical cave snail and admixture with its above-ground sister species". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105: 727-740. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01835.x.
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