Minckleyella
| Minckleyella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cochliopidae |
| Genus: | Minckleyella Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011 |
| Species: | M. balnearis
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| Binomial name | |
| Minckleyella balnearis Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011
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Minckleyella is a monotypic genus of gastropods belonging to the family Cochliopidae. The only species is Minckleyella balnearis.[1]
This freshwater snail genus is named in honor of Wendell L. Minckley.[2]
The species is found in the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Minckleyella Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Landye J. J. (2011). "Two new genera and four new species of freshwater cochliopid gastropods (Rissooidea) from northeastern Mexico". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(1): 8-23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyq033.