Teratobaikalia macrostoma

Teratobaikalia macrostoma is a species of a freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.[2]

Teratobaikalia macrostoma
Apertural view of a shell of Teratobaikalia macrostoma
Scientific classification
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Subfamily:
Baicaliinae
Genus:
Species:
T. macrostoma
Binomial name
Teratobaikalia macrostoma
(Lindholm, 1909)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Baicalia (Teratobaicalia) macrostoma f. lyogyra Lindholm, 1924
Baikalia (Teratobaikalia) macrostoma Lindholm, 1909

Teratobaikalia macrostoma is the type species of the genus Teratobaikalia.[1][2]

Distribution

Teratobaikalia macrostoma lives in the northern and central parts of Lake Baikal, in depths from 2 to 100 m.[2] The type locality is Maloe More in Baikal.[2]

Description

The shell has 4.5-5 whorls.[1] The width of the shell is 7.5–9 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 8.75-11.5 mm.[1]

References

  1. (in German) Lindholm W. A. (1909). "Die Mollusken des Baikal-Sees (Gastropoda et Pelecypoda) systematisch und zoogeographisch bearb". Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer zoologische Expedition nach dem Baikal-See unter Leitung des Prof. Alexis Korotneff i. d. J. 1900-1902, 4. Kiew und Berlin, Fridländer und Sohn: 1-104. page 43-44, plate 1, figs. 25-29.
  2. Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.


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