Amuropaludina chloantha

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

Amuropaludina chloantha
Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Amuropaludina chloantha.
Scientific classification
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Bellamyinae
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A. chloantha
Binomial name
Amuropaludina chloantha
Synonyms

Vivipara chloantha Bourguignat, 1860

Distribution

This species is found in the Amur River basin, in Russia.[2] The type locality is "various tributaries of the central part of the Amur River" ("divers affluents de l'Amour moyen").[1]

Description

The width of the shell is 16 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 16 mm.[1]

Drawing of apical view.
Drawing of lateral view.

References

  1. (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Catalogue des mollusques de la famille des paludinées recueillis jusqu'à ce jour en Sibérie et sur la territoire de l'Amour". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, série 2, 12: 531-537. page 534, plate 24, figs. 5-7.
  2. Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.


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