Asolene petiti

Asolene petiti
A drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Asolene petiti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

informal group Architaenioglossa

Superfamily: Ampullarioidea
Family: Ampullariidae
Genus: Asolene
Subgenus: Asolene
Species: A. petiti
Binomial name
Asolene petiti
(Crosse, 1891)[2]
Synonyms

Ampullaria petiti Crosse, 1891 (original combination)

Asolene petiti is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails and their allies.

The specific name petiti is in honor of Emil Charles Nicolai Petit (1817–1893), who collected this snail.

Distribution

The distribution of Asolene petiti includes:

A drawing of an abapertural view of the shell of Asolene petiti

References

  1. 1 2 Pastorino G. & Darrigan G. (2011). "Asolene petiti". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 7 February 2013.
  2. Crosse H. (1891). "Description d'un Ampullaria nouveau l'Amazone". Journal de Conchyliologie 214-216, plate 4, figure 2.

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