Viviparus teschi is an extinct species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.
Viviparus teschi Temporal range:
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The shell of Viviparus teschi from a borehole in Arnhem, Netherlands | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Family: | Viviparidae |
Genus: | Viviparus |
Species: | V. teschi
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Binomial name | |
Viviparus teschi |
The specific name is in honor of Dutch geologist Pieter Tesch (1879-1961).
Distribution
editType locality is in province Gelderland in the Netherlands.[1]
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