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Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni

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Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Lymnaea
Species:
Subspecies:
L. t. hamiltoni
Trinomial name
Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni
(Dell, 1956)
Synonyms

Limnaea alfredi hamiltoni Dell, 1956
Limnaea atomentosa Climo & Pullan, 1972

Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni is an extinct subspecies of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

This subspecies was endemic to New Zealand.[1] The shells of these snails were found in lake marls in the southern part of the South Island.

References

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  1. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1