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Amuropaludina pachya

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Amuropaludina pachya
Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Amuropaludina pachya.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Amuropaludina
Species:
A. pachya
Binomial name
Amuropaludina pachya
Synonyms[1]

Vivipara pachya Bourguignat, 1860

Amuropaludina pachya is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

Distribution

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This species is found in the central and lower parts of the Amur River basin, in Russia.[1] The type locality is the Amur River ("le fleuve Amour").[2]

Major threats include river pollution.[1]

Drawing of a lateral view of the shell of Amuropaludina pachya

Description

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The width of the shell is 21 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 34 mm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Vinarski, M.V. (2011). "Amuropaludina pachya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189596A8752851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189596A8752851.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Catalogue des mollusques de la famille des paludinées recueillis jusqu'à ce jour en Sibérie et sur la territoire de l'Amour". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, série 2, 12: 531-537. 532-533, plate 24, figs. 1-2.