| Fluvidona griffithsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Tateidae |
| Genus: | Fluvidona |
| Species: | F. griffithsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Fluvidona griffithsi Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999 | |
Fluvidona griffithsi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Tateidae. This species is endemic to southern Queensland, Australia.
Etymology
Fluvidona griffithsi is named after Owen Lee Griffiths, who found the first specimens of this species.
Description
This species is, with the possible exception of a single specimen found north of Kyogle, as of yet unidentified and most probably belonging to a distinct species, unique amongst known Australian hydrobiids in being able to aestivate and withstand drying. The type series were found in dry soil in a small, dry creek bed on the landward side of a small hill, in a small coastal rainforest remnant in Burleigh Head National Park, Queensland. Several days after collection they were placed in water, after which they soon emerged and crawled about actively.
References
- ^ Miller, A. C.; Ponder, W. F.; Clark, S. A. (1999). "Freshwater snails of the genera Fluvidona and Austropyrgus (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 13 (3). CSIRO Publishing: 461–493. doi:10.1071/IT97011. ISSN 0818-0164. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
External links
- "Species Fluvidona griffithsi Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
- "Fluvidona griffithsi Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999". Atlas of Living Australia.
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| Fluvidona griffithsi | |
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