Amuropaludina praerosa

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

Amuropaludina praerosa
Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Amuropaludina praerosa.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Amuropaludina
Species:
A. praerosa
Binomial name
Amuropaludina praerosa
Synonyms[3]

Paludina praerosa Gerstfeldt, 1859

Amuropaludina praerosa is the type species of the genus Amuropaludina.[3]

Distribution

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This species is found in the Amur River basin, in Russia.[1] The type locality is the middle Amur River.[3]

Major threats include river pollution.[1]

 
Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Amuropaludina praerosa

References

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  1. ^ a b c Vinarski, M.V. (2011). "Amuropaludina praerosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189085A8677651. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189085A8677651.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gerstfeldt G. (1859). "Ueber Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken Sibiriens und Amur-Gebietes". Mémoires des Savants étrangers 9: 507-548. 509-510, plate 9, figs 6a, 7.
  3. ^ a b c 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.