Pseudotricula eberhardi
Shell of Pseudotricula eberhardi (paratype at MNHN,[1] Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Pseudotricula
Species:
P. eberhardi
Binomial name
Pseudotricula eberhardi
Ponder, 1992


Pseudotricula eberhardi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Tateidae.[2] and was first described in 1992 by Winston Ponder.[3][4] The species epithet honours Stefan Eberhard who collected the type specimens.[4]

The species is an aquatic, cave-dwelling snail found only in Tasmania.[4]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudotricula eberhardi Ponder, 1992". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  2. "Species Pseudotricula eberhardi Ponder, 1992". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  3. 1 2 3 WF Ponder (1992). "A new genus and species of aquatic cave-living snail from Tasmania (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 126: 23–28. doi:10.26749/RSTPP.126.23. ISSN 0080-4703. Wikidata Q99975727.




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