Rank Species | Superfamily Truncatelloidea Subfamily Pseudamnicolinae | |
Similar Pseudamnicola, Sadleriana, Bythinella, Rissooidea, Hydrobiidae | ||
Pseudamnicola macrostoma is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.
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Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognised, the nominotypical P. m. subsp. macrostoma and P. m. subsp. negropontina, the latter being treated as a distinct species (Pseudamnicola negropontina) by some authors.
Geographic distribution
P. macrostoma is endemic to Greece. The species was originally described from a number of springs in the vicinity of Athens but was later also recorded from Evvia as well as several islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas.
References
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