Pseudamnicola macrostoma is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.[1][2]
| Pseudamnicola macrostoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pseudamnicola |
| Species: | P. macrostoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudamnicola macrostoma (Küster, 1853)
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| Synonyms | |
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Paludina macrostoma Küster, 1853[2] | |
Subspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognised, the nominotypical P. m. subsp. macrostoma and P. m. subsp. negropontina, the latter being treated as a distinct species (Pseudamnicola negropontina) by some authors.[3][4]
Geographic distribution
editP. macrostoma is endemic to Greece.[1][2] The species was originally described from a number of springs in the vicinity of Athens but was later also recorded from Evvia as well as several islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas.[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Falniowski, A.; Radea, K. (2011). "Pseudamnicola macrostoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T155493A4786741. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T155493A4786741.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Taxon Details: Pseudamnicola (Pseudamnicola) macrostoma (Kuster 1853)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ Bank, R. (July 24, 2011). "Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Greece" (PDF). Fauna Europaea Project. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ a b Radea, C.; Parmakelis, A.; Papadogiannis, V.; Charou, V. & Triantis, K. A. (2013). "The hydrobioid freshwater gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) of Greece: new records, taxonomic re-assessments using DNA sequence data and an update of the IUCN Red List Categories". ZooKeys (350). Pensoft Publishers: 1–20. doi:10.3897/zookeys.350.6001. PMC 3837496. PMID 24294081.
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