Hemisinus cubanianus

Hemisinus cubanianus is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

Hemisinus cubanianus
Two views of two shells of Hemisinus cubanianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Thiaridae
Genus:
Hemisinus
Species:
H. cubanianus
Binomial name
Hemisinus cubanianus
(d'Orbigny, 1841)

Distribution

Hemisinus cubanianus is endemic to Pinar del Río with scarce distribution in Cuba.[1]

References
  1. Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190-199. HTM, PDF.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.