Avenionia roberti
Avenionia roberti is a species of minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
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Distribution and conservation status
A. roberti occurs in Germany, where it is considered critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht),[2] Belgium and the Netherlands.[1][3]
Habitat and ecology
A. roberti inhabits groundwaters in karst areas.[1]
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References
- Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Avenionia roberti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T155514A4790387. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T155514A4790387.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 106, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
- "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.
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