Antrorbis

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Antrorbis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Antrorbis
Hershler & Thompson, 1990[1]
Type species
Antrorbis breweri Hershler & F. G. Thompson, 1990

Antrorbis is a genus of minute freshwater snails with gills and opercula, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Lithoglyphidae.[2][1]

The generic name is derived from Classical Greek language word "antrum", that means a cave and from Greek language word "orbis", that means circle.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Hershler R. & Thompson F. G. (1990). "Antrorbis breweri, a new genus and species of hydrobiid cavesnail (Gastropoda) from Coosa River Basin, northeastern Alabama". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(l): 197-204. PDF.
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