Tomichia tristis

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Tomichia tristis
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Pomatiopsidae
Subfamily: Pomatiopsinae
Genus: Tomichia
Species: T. tristis
Binomial name
Tomichia tristis
(Morelet, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydrobia tristis Morelet, 1889
  • Tomichia lirata (Turton, 1932)

Tomichia tristis is a species of very small freshwater or brackish snail[2] with a gill and an operculum, gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.[1]

Description

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kristensen T. K., Stensgaard A-S. & Appleton C. (2007). Tomichia tristis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 May 2011.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Tomichia Benson, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405098 on 2011-04-04
  3. WoRMS (2010). Tomichia tristis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405099 on 2011-04-04


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