Heleobia castellanosae
Species of gastropod
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Heleobia castellanosae is a species of small freshwater snail, an operculate gastropod mollusc in the family Cochliopidae.
| Heleobia castellanosae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cochliopidae |
| Genus: | Heleobia |
| Species: | H. castellanosae |
| Binomial name | |
| Heleobia castellanosae (Gaillard, 1974) | |
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The specific name castellanosae is in honour of Argentinian malacologist Zulma Judith Ageitos de Castellanos.
Distribution
Ecology
Parasites of Heleobia castellanosae include trematodes Lobatostoma jungwirthi and Lobatostoma pacificum.[2]