Ferrissia fragilis

Ferrissia fragilis
Ferrissia cf. fragilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Bulininae
Tribe: Miratestini
Genus: Ferrissia
Species: F. fragilis
Binomial name
Ferrissia fragilis
(Tryon, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ferrissia clessiniana (Jickeli, 1882)[2]
  • Ferrissia wautieri (Miroli, 1960)
  • Ferrissia californica (Rowell, 1863)

Ferrissia fragilis is a species of small freshwater limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae.

Distribution

This species is found in European countries and islands including:

References

  1. 1 2 Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2011). "Ferrissia fragilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. (German) Jickeli C. F. (1882). "Diagnosen neuer Conchylien". Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 9: 366-370. Frankfurt am Main.
  3. Beran L. & Horsák M. (2007). "Distribution of the alien freshwater snail Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in the Czech Republic". Aquatic Invasions 2(1): 45-54.
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