Nanivitrea alcaldei

Nanivitrea alcaldei
Nanivitrea alcaldei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Nanivitrea
Species: N. alcaldei
Binomial name
Nanivitrea alcaldei
(Jaume & Abbot, 1947)

Nanivitrea alcaldei is a species of small freshwater snail that has an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

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Distribution

Nanivitrea alcaldei is endemic to the Cárdenas, Cuba and has only one known population in Cuba.[1] This species has not been found recently and may no longer exist.[1]

Description

This small snail is less than 3 mm in maximum dimension.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190-199. HTM, PDF.

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