Avenionia roberti

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Avenionia roberti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Avenionia
Species:
A. roberti
Binomial name
Avenionia roberti
Boeters, 1967
Synonyms

Avenionia brevis roberti Boeters, 1967 (unaccepted rank)

Avenionia roberti is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. [2]

Distribution and conservation status

A. roberti occurs in Germany, where it is considered critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht),[3] Belgium and the Netherlands.[1][4]

Habitat and ecology

A. roberti inhabits groundwaters in karst areas.[1]

References

  1. Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Avenionia roberti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T155514A4790387. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T155514A4790387.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Avenionia roberti Boeters, 1967. 19 May 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 106, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
  4. "Checklist of species-group taxa of continental Mollusca living in the Netherlands (CLECOM Section I)". 14 July 2002. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  • Boeters, H. D. (1967). Bythinella brevis auct. und die Gattung Avenionia Nicolas 1882 (Prosobranchia, Hydrobiidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 96(3/6): 155-165. Frankfurt am Main.
  • Glöer P. (2022). The freshwater gastropods of the West Palaearctis. Identification key, Anatomy, Ecology, Distribution. III. Hydrobiidae. Hetlingen: The author. 528 pp.