Margarya bicostata

Margarya bicostata
Apertural view of the shell of Margarya bicostata. Scale bar is 1 cm.
Abapertural view of the shell of Margarya bicostata. Scale bar is 1 cm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

informal group Architaenioglossa

Superfamily: Viviparoidea
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Margarya
Species: M. bicostata
Binomial name
Margarya bicostata
Tchang & Tsi, 1949

Margarya bicostata is a species of large operculate freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

Distribution

The distribution of Margarya bicostata includes Fuxian Lake in Yunnan Province, China.[1] Former distribution also included Dian Lake.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Di L., Jiang Y., Aldridge D. & McIvor A. (2008). Margarya bicostata. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.
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