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Teratobaikalia macrostoma

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Teratobaikalia macrostoma
Apertural view of a shell of Teratobaikalia macrostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Amnicolidae
Subfamily: Baicaliinae
Genus: Teratobaikalia
Species: T. macrostoma
Binomial name
Teratobaikalia macrostoma
(Lindholm, 1909)
Synonyms

Baicalia (Teratobaicalia) macrostoma f. lyogyra Lindholm, 1924
Baikalia (Teratobaikalia) macrostoma Lindholm, 1909

Teratobaikalia macrostoma is a species of a freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.

Teratobaikalia macrostoma is the type species of the genus Teratobaikalia.

Distribution

Teratobaikalia macrostoma lives in the northern and central parts of Lake Baikal, in depths from 2 to 100 m. The type locality is Maloe More in Baikal.

Description

The shell has 4.5-5 whorls. The width of the shell is 7.5–9 mm. The height of the shell is 8.75-11.5 mm.

Lateral view of a shell.
Abapertural view of a shell.
Umbilical view of a shell.

References

  1. ^ (in German) Lindholm W. A. (1909). "Die Mollusken des Baikal-Sees (Gastropoda et Pelecypoda) systematisch und zoogeographisch bearb". Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer zoologische Expedition nach dem Baikal-See unter Leitung des Prof. Alexis Korotneff i. d. J. 1900-1902, 4. Kiew und Berlin, Fridländer und Sohn: 1-104. page 43-44, plate 1, figs. 25-29.
  2. ^ Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.
Taxon identifiers
Teratobaikalia macrostoma


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