Asolene spixii

Asolene spixii is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails and their allies.

Asolene spixii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Ampullarioidea
Family:
Ampullariidae
Genus:
Asolene
Subgenus:
Asolene
Species:
A. spixii
Binomial name
Asolene spixii
(d'Orbigny, 1838)
Synonyms[1]

Ampullaria spixii d'Orbigny, 1838 (original combination)
Ampullaria zonata d'Orbigny, 1835 (invalid: junior homonym of Ampullaria zonata Spix, 1827; A. spixii is a replacement name)

The specific name spixii is in honour of German biologist Johann Baptist von Spix.

Distribution

Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

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References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Asolene spixii (d'Orbigny, 1838). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737599 on 2017-11-27


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