| Viviparus teschi Temporal range: Pleistocene Preκ κ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| The shell of Viviparus teschi from a borehole in Arnhem, Netherlands | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Genus: | Viviparus |
| Species: | V. teschi |
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| Viviparus teschi Meijer, 1990 | |
Viviparus teschi is an extinct species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.
The specific name is in honor of Dutch geologist Pieter Tesch (1879-1961).
Distribution
Type locality is in province Gelderland in the Netherlands.
References
- ^ Meijer T. 1990. Notes on Quaternary freshwater mollusca of the Netherlands, with descriptions of some new species. Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, 26(1989): 145-181. Viviparus teschi is on the page 148.
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| Viviparus teschi | |
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