Edgbastonia alanwillsi
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| Species: | E. alanwillsi
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Edgbastonia alanwillsi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. It is currently the sole species within the genus Edgbastonia.
E. alanwillsi is endemic to western Queensland, Australia. It is only found in a small group of springs in the Edgbaston Reserve near Aramac, where it is assumed to be relictual.[3]
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References[]
- ^ "Edgbastonia alanwillsi". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- ^ "Edgbastonia alanwillsi". UniProt. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ Ponder, W. F.; Wilke, T.; Zhang, W.-H.; Golding, R. E.; Fukuda, H. & Mason, R. A. B. (2008). "Edgbastonia alanwillsi n. gen & n. sp. (Tateinae: Hydrobiidae s.l.: Rissooidea: Caenogastropoda); a snail from an artesian spring group in western Queensland, Australia, convergent with some Asian Amnicolidae". Molluscan Research. 28 (2): 89–106.
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- Hydrobiidae
- Gastropods of Australia
- Endemic fauna of Australia
- Gastropods described in 2008
- Freshwater molluscs of Oceania
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