Viviparus teschi
Extinct species of gastropod
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Viviparus teschi is an extinct species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.
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| The shell of Viviparus teschi from a borehole in Arnhem, Netherlands | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Genus: | Viviparus |
| Species: | V. teschi |
| Binomial name | |
| Viviparus teschi | |
The specific name is in honor of Dutch geologist Pieter Tesch (1879-1961).
Distribution
Type locality is in province Gelderland in the Netherlands.[1]
