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Pseudotricula eberhardi

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Pseudotricula eberhardi
Shell of Pseudotricula eberhardi (paratype at MNHN,[1] Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Pseudotricula
Species:
P. eberhardi
Binomial name
Pseudotricula eberhardi
Ponder, 1992

Pseudotricula eberhardi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Tateidae.[2] and was first described in 1992 by Winston Ponder.[3][4] The species epithet honours Stefan Eberhard who collected the type specimens.[4]

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Paratype site: Black Curtain Streamway, Cueva Blanca, Precipitous Bluff, TAS[1]

This species is an aquatic, cave-dwelling snail found only in Tasmania.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b MNHN, Chagnoux S (2023). "MNHN 2012-40995 Pseudotricula eberhardi Ponder, 1992".
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudotricula eberhardi Ponder, 1992". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  3. ^ "Species Pseudotricula eberhardi Ponder, 1992". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  4. ^ a b c WF Ponder (1992). "A new genus and species of aquatic cave-living snail from Tasmania (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 126: 23–28. doi:10.26749/RSTPP.126.23. ISSN 0080-4703. Wikidata Q99975727.