Biology:Minckleyella

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Minckleyella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cochliopidae
Genus: Minckleyella
Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011
Species:
M. balnearis
Binomial name
Minckleyella balnearis
Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011

Minckleyella is a monotypic genus of gastropods belonging to the family Cochliopidae. The only species is Minckleyella balnearis.[1]

This freshwater snail genus is named in honor of Wendell L. Minckley.[2]

The species is found in the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Minckleyella Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/9543042. 
  2. Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Landye J. J. (2011). "Two new genera and four new species of freshwater cochliopid gastropods (Rissooidea) from northeastern Mexico". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(1): 8-23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyq033.

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