Biology:Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni

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Short description: Extinct subspecies of gastropod

Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Lymnaea
Species:
Subspecies:
L. t. hamiltoni
Trinomial name
Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni
(Dell, 1956)
Synonyms

Limnaea alfredi hamiltoni Dell, 1956
Limnaea atomentosa Climo & Pullan, 1972

Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni is an extinct subspecies of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

This species was endemic to New Zealand.[1] The shells of these snails were found in lake marls in the southern part of the South Island.

References

  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

Wikidata ☰ Q6708216 entry