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Paludiscala de oro snail

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Rissooidea

Scientific name
  
Paludiscala caramba

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Hydrobiidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Genus
  
Paludiscala Taylor, 1966

The paludiscala de oro snail, scientific name Paludiscala caramba, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to freshwater marshes in Coahuila State, Mexico.

Paludiscala caramba is the only species in the genus Paludiscala. Its specific name is from a Spanish exclamation expressing surprise: "caramba". This name was given by its discoverer, the American malacologist Dwight Taylor, who said the name was a loose translation of his "original remarks at seeing the shells," which are surprisingly similar to those of a predominantly marine family, the wentletraps or Epitoniidae.

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Paludiscala de oro snail Wikipedia