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Parafossarulus sungariensis

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Parafossarulus sungariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Parafossarulus
Species:
P. sungariensis
Binomial name
Parafossarulus sungariensis
Moskvicheva in Starobogatov & Zatravkin, 1987[2]

Parafossarulus sungariensis is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

The specific name sungariensis comes from the name of the Sungari River, where this species was found.

Distribution

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This species occurs in Heilongjiang Province and in Jilin Province in northeastern China.[1]

The type locality is the Sungari River basin, a small lake near Harbin.[2]

Habitat

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Parafossarulus sungariensis lives in freshwater lakes and rivers.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Vinarski, M.V. (2011). "Parafossarulus sungariensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T188996A8672179. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188996A8672179.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b (in Russian) Starobogatov Ya. I. & Zatrawkin M. N. [Старобогатов Я. И. & Затравкин М. Н.] (1987). Bythinioidea (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia) фауны СССР [Bythinioidea (Gastropoda. Pectinibranchia) in the fauna of the USSR]. In: Моллюски. Результаты и перспективы их исследований. Восьмое Всесоюзное совещание по изучению моллюсков. [Molluscs. Results and perspectives of investigation]. Авторефераты докладов. Ленинград, Наука. [Vsesojuznoe soveshchanie po izucheniju molljuskov. Avtoreferaty dokladov, 8. Leningrad, Nauka]: 150-153. page 152.