Glacidorbis hedleyi | |
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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
- Iredale T. (1943). "A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia". Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230.
- ^ 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 | |
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Glacidorbis hedleyi |
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