Fluvidona anodonta

Fluvidona anodonta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Fluvidona
Species: F. anodonta
Binomial name
Fluvidona anodonta
(Hedley & Musson, 1892)
Synonyms[1]
  • Angrobia anodonta
  • Heterocyclus anodonta Hedley, 1893
  • Pupa anodonta Hedley & Musson, 1892

The North Pine River Freshwater Snail (Fluvidona anodonta) is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

This species is endemic to Australia. It is only known from the upper South Pine River at Mount Glorious, Queensland.[1]

The North Pine River Freshwater Snail has a height of only 2mm (= lower margin of aperture to tip of spire) and its tiny shell is of a light yellowish-white colour.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Clark, S. (2011). "Fluvidona anodonta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "North Pine River Freshwater Snail Fluvidona anodonta" (PDF). Moreton Bay Regional Council. Retrieved 12 February 2014.


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