Tanousia runtoniana

Tanousia runtoniana is an extinct European species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.[1][2]

Tanousia runtoniana
shell of Tanousia runtoniana
shell of Tanousia runtoniana from its original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Lithoglyphidae
Subfamily:
Lithoglyphinae
Genus:
† Tanousia
Species:
T. runtoniana
Binomial name
Tanousia runtoniana
(Sandberger, 1880)

References
  1. Glöer P. (2002). Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ISBN 3-925919-60-0.
  2. "Tanousia zrmanjae". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 19 May 2011.

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