Iglica soussensis
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| Iglica soussensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Moitessieriidae |
| Genus: | Iglica |
| Species: | I. soussensis |
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| Iglica soussensis Ghamizi & Boulal, 2017 | |
Iglica soussensis is a species of aquatic subterranean gastropod endemic to wells in the Souss Plain, Morocco. I. soussensis is only known from the type locality, a well in the Ait Msia village in the area of Agadir, or described by the IUCN as 'a well at Tamait Izder south of the Souss River north of Temsia, Morocco'. This species is a stygobiont, being restricted to aquatic subterranean habitats[1][2]