Avenionia brevis

Avenionia brevis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Avenionia
Species: A. brevis
Binomial name
Avenionia brevis
(Draparnaud, 1805)
Synonyms[2]
  • Bythinia brevis Draparnaud, 1805
  • Cyclostoma breve Draparnaud, 1805

Avenionia brevis is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[1]

This species is found in eastern France. It is known from freshwater springs, and is suspected to also live in subterranean habitats. The species is protected by law in France.[1]

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