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Amuropaludina praerosa

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Amuropaludina praerosa
Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Amuropaludina praerosa.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Amuropaludina
Species:
A. praerosa
Binomial name
Amuropaludina praerosa
Synonyms[3]

Paludina praerosa Gerstfeldt, 1859

Amuropaludina praerosa is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.

Amuropaludina praerosa is the type species of the genus Amuropaludina.[3]

Distribution

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This species is found in the Amur River basin, in Russia.[1] The type locality is the middle Amur River.[3]

Major threats include river pollution.[1]

Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Amuropaludina praerosa

References

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  1. ^ a b c Vinarski, M.V. (2011). "Amuropaludina praerosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189085A8677651. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189085A8677651.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gerstfeldt G. (1859). "Ueber Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken Sibiriens und Amur-Gebietes". Mémoires des Savants étrangers 9: 507-548. 509-510, plate 9, figs 6a, 7.
  3. ^ a b c 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.