Antrorbis

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Antrorbis is a genus of minute freshwater snails with gills and opercula, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Lithoglyphidae.[2][1]

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Antrorbis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Antrorbis
Hershler & Thompson, 1990[1]
Type species
Antrorbis breweri Hershler & F. G. Thompson, 1990
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The generic name is derived from Classical Greek language word "antrum", that means a cave and from Greek language word "orbis", that means circle.[1]

Species

  • Antrorbis breweri Hershler & F. G. Thompson, 1990[1]
  • Antrorbis tennesseensis Perez, Shoobs, Gladstone, & Niemiller, 2019

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