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Pectinidens

Pectinidens diaphanus is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Lymnaeidae.

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Pectinidens
Shell of Pectinidens diaphanus (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Pectinidens
Species:
P. diaphanus
Binomial name
Pectinidens diaphanus
(King, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Galba (Pectinidens) diaphana (P. P. King, 1832) superseded combination
  • Limnaea brunneoflavida J. E. Cooper & Preston, 1910 (junior synonym)
  • Limnaea lebruni Mabille, 1884 (a junior synonym)
  • Limnaea patagonica Strebel, 1907 junior subjective synonym
  • Limnaea pictonica Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885 (a junior synonym)
  • Limnaeus diaphanus P. P. King, 1832 superseded combination
  • Lymnaea andeana Pilsbry, 1911 (a junior synonym)
  • Lymnaea diaphana King, 1832
  • Lymnaea diaphana inelegans Pilsbry, 1911 (a junior synonym)
  • Lymnaea patagonica Strebel, 1907 junior subjective synonym
  • Lymnaea patagonica riochicoensis Pilsbry, 1911 (a junior synonym)

Pectinidens diaphanus is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Lymnaeidae.12

The species is found in America.2

References

References

  1. Pectinidens diaphanus (P. P. King, 1832). 31 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. "Pectinidens diaphanus (P.P.King, 1832)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 October 2021.