Glacidorbis hedleyi

Glacidorbis hedleyi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Glacidorbidae.

Glacidorbis hedleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Glacidorboidea
Family:
Glacidorbidae
Genus:
Glacidorbis
Species:
G. hedleyi
Binomial name
Glacidorbis hedleyi

Glacidorbis hedleyi is the type species of the genus Glacidorbis.[2]

The type locality is Blue Lake, Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Australia.[2]

The shape of the shell is planispiral.[2] The width of the shell is 2 mm, rarely up to 2.8 mm.[2]

References
  1. Iredale T. (1943). "A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia". Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230.
  2. Ponder W. F. & Avern G. J. (2000). "The Glacidorbidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Australia". Records of the Australian Museum 52(3): 307–353. PDF Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, abstract


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