Viviparus teschi

Viviparus teschi; Temporal range: Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	The shell of Viviparus teschi from a borehole in Arnhem, Netherlands
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Viviparus
Species:	V. teschi
Binomial name
	Viviparus teschi; Meijer, 1990

Viviparus teschi is an extinct species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

The specific name is in honor of Dutch geologist Pieter Tesch (1879-1961).

Distribution

Type locality is in province Gelderland in the Netherlands.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Meijer T. 1990. Notes on Quaternary freshwater mollusca of the Netherlands, with descriptions of some new species. Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, 26(1989): 145-181. Viviparus teschi is on the page 148.

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