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Glacidorbis hedleyi

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Species of gastropod

Glacidorbis hedleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Glacidorboidea
Family: Glacidorbidae
Genus: Glacidorbis
Species: G. hedleyi
Binomial name
Glacidorbis hedleyi
Iredale, 1943

Glacidorbis hedleyi is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Glacidorbidae.

Glacidorbis hedleyi is the type species of the genus Glacidorbis.

The type locality is Blue Lake, Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Australia.

The shape of the shell is planispiral. The width of the shell is 2 mm, rarely up to 2.8 mm.

References

  1. Iredale T. (1943). "A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia". Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230.
  2. ^ Ponder W. F. & Avern G. J. (2000). "The Glacidorbidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Australia". Records of the Australian Museum 52(3): 307–353. PDF Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, abstract Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
Taxon identifiers
Glacidorbis hedleyi


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