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Edgbastonia alanwillsi

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Edgbastonia alanwillsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Edgbastonia
Species:
E. alanwillsi
Binomial name
Edgbastonia alanwillsi
Ponder, Wilke, Zhang, Golding, Fukuda & Mason, 2008[1][2]

Edgbastonia alanwillsi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Tateidae.

Edgbastoni alanwillsi is endemic to western Queensland, Australia. It is only found in a small group of springs in the Edgbaston Reserve near Aramac, where it is assumed to be relictual.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Edgbastonia alanwillsi". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  2. ^ "Edgbastonia alanwillsi". UniProt. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. ^ Ponder, W. F.; Wilke, T.; Zhang, W.-H.; Golding, R. E.; Fukuda, H. & Mason, R. A. B. (2008). "Edgbastonia alanwillsi n. gen & n. sp. (Tateinae: Hydrobiidae s.l.: Rissooidea: Caenogastropoda); a snail from an artesian spring group in western Queensland, Australia, convergent with some Asian Amnicolidae". Molluscan Research. 28 (2): 89–106.
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