Chilina iguazuensis

Chilina iguazuensis
Chilina iguazuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Chilinoidea
Family: Chilinidae
Genus: Chilina
Species: C. iguazuensis
Binomial name
Chilina iguazuensis
Gregoric & Rumi, 2008[1]

Chilina iguazuensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chilinidae.

The specific name iguazuensis is derived from the Iguazu River, where it lives.

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Distribution

Chilina iguazuensis is endemic to Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina. It lives in the Upper Iguazú River there.[1]

Ecology

This snail species lives in the rapids of Upper Iguazú River.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gregoric D. E. G. & Rumi A. (2008) "Chilina iguazuensis (Gastropoda: Chilinidae), New Species From Iguazú National Park, Argentina". Malacologia 50(1): 321-330. doi:10.4002/0076-2997-50.1-2.321.

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