Teratobaikalia macrostoma
Teratobaikalia macrostoma is a species of a freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.[2]
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| Subfamily: | Baicaliinae |
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| Species: | T. macrostoma |
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Baicalia (Teratobaicalia) macrostoma f. lyogyra Lindholm, 1924 | |
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
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- (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.
- 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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