Valvata relicta
| Valvata relicta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Valvatidae |
| Genus: | Valvata |
| Species: | †V. relicta
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| Binomial name | |
| †Valvata relicta Poliński, 1929
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†Valvata (Ohridotropidina) relicta is an extinct species of small freshwater snail in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails. This species is known only from fossil material.
Distribution and fossil record
Fossils of †Valvata relicta have been recorded from the ancient Lake Ohrid basin in the Balkans, where a number of endemic mollusks were described in the early 20th century. The species was originally described by J. Poliński in 1929. Fossil and subfossil records indicate its presence in Pleistocene lacustrine sediments of the Lake Ohrid region.[1]
References
- ^ Haszprunar, Gerhard (2014). "A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Ectobranchia)". ZooKeys (377): 1–172. Bibcode:2014ZooK..377....1H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.377.6032. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3936184. PMID 24578604.
External links
- https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1003105 Valvata relicta at MolluscaBase