Minckleyella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cochliopidae |
Genus: | Minckleyella Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011 |
Species: | M. balnearis |
Binomial name | |
Minckleyella balnearis Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011 |
Minckleyella is a monotypic genus of gastropods belonging to the family Cochliopidae. The only species is Minckleyella balnearis.
This freshwater snail genus is named in honor of Wendell L. Minckley.
The species is found in the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico.
References
- ^ "Minckleyella Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Landye J. J. (2011). "Two new genera and four new species of freshwater cochliopid gastropods (Rissooidea) from northeastern Mexico". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(1): 8-23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyq033.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Minckleyella | |
Minckleyella balnearis |