Fluvidona griffithsi

Fluvidona griffithsi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to southern Queensland, Australia.[1]

Fluvidona griffithsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Fluvidona
Species:
F. griffithsi
Binomial name
Fluvidona griffithsi
Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999

Etymology

F. griffithsi is named after Owen Lee Griffiths, who found the first specimens of this species.

Description

This species is, with the possible exception of a single specimen found north of Kyogle, as of yet unidentified and most probably belonging to a distinct species, unique amongst known Australian hydrobiids in being able to aestivate and withstand drying. The type series were found in dry soil in a small, dry creek bed on the landward side of a small hill, in a small coastal rainforest remnant in Burleigh Head National Park, Queensland. Several days after collection they were placed in water, after which they soon emerged and crawled about actively.[1]

See also

References
  1. Miller, A. C.; Ponder, W. F.; Clark, S. A. (1999). "Freshwater snails of the genera Fluvidona and Austropyrgus (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia". Invertebrate taxonomy. CSIRO Publishing. 13 (3): 461–493. doi:10.1071/IT97011. ISSN 0818-0164. Retrieved 20 February 2014.


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