Viviparus teschi Temporal range: | |
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The shell of Viviparus teschi from a borehole in Arnhem, Netherlands | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Family: | Viviparidae |
Genus: | Viviparus |
Species: | V. teschi |
Binomial name | |
Viviparus teschi | |
Viviparus teschi is an extinct species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.
The specific name is in honor of Dutch geologist Pieter Tesch (1879-1961).
Distribution
Type locality is in province Gelderland in the Netherlands.[1]
References
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