Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Ampullariidae | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Ampullarioidea Genus Felipponea | |
Felipponea elongata is a species of large freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snail family.
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The original description
Felipponea elongata was originally discovered and described (under the name Ampullaria (Felipponea) elongata) by W. H. Dall in 1921.
Dall's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
Distribution
This species occurs in the Uruguay River in Uruguay.
References
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