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Fluvidona anodonta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Hydrobiidae

Scientific name
  
Angrobia anodonta

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Truncatelloidea

Genus
  
Fluvidona

Rank
  
Species

The North Pine River Freshwater Snail (Fluvidona anodonta) is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

This species is endemic to Australia. It is only known from the upper South Pine River at Mount Glorious, Queensland.

The North Pine River Freshwater Snail has a height of only 2mm (= lower margin of aperture to tip of spire) and its tiny shell is of a light yellowish-white colour.

References

Fluvidona anodonta Wikipedia