Viviparus teschi is an extinct species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

Viviparus teschi
Temporal range: Pleistocene
The shell of Viviparus teschi from a borehole in Arnhem, Netherlands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Viviparus
Species:
V. teschi
Binomial name
Viviparus teschi
Meijer, 1990[1]

The specific name is in honor of Dutch geologist Pieter Tesch (1879-1961).

Distribution edit

Type locality is in province Gelderland in the Netherlands.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Meijer T. 1990. Notes on Quaternary freshwater mollusca of the Netherlands, with descriptions of some new species. Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, 26(1989): 145-181. Viviparus teschi is on the page 148.