Avenionia roberti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Avenionia
Species:
A. roberti
Binomial name
Avenionia roberti
Boeters, 1967

Avenionia roberti is a species of minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Distribution and conservation status

A. roberti occurs in Germany, where it is considered critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht),[2] Belgium and the Netherlands.[1][3]

Habitat and ecology

A. roberti inhabits groundwaters in karst areas.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Avenionia roberti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T155514A4790387. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T155514A4790387.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 106, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
  3. "Checklist of species-group taxa of continental Mollusca living in the Netherlands (CLECOM Section I)". 14 July 2002. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
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