''Eoleptestheria ticinensis'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

clam shrimp Clam shrimp are a group of bivalved branchiopod crustaceans that resemble the unrelated bivalved molluscs. They are extant and also known from the fossil record, from at least the Devonian period and perhaps before. They were originally classifi ...

in the family

Leptestheriidae Leptestheriidae is a family of crustaceans in the order Spinicaudata. They are distinguished from the family Cyzicidae by the presence of a rostral Rostral may refer to: Anatomy * Rostral (anatomical term), situated toward the oral or nasal re ...

. Although up to eight species have formerly been recognised in the genus ''Eoleptestheria'', they are more usually all considered part of one species with a

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...

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Branchiopoda genera Monotypic arthropod genera Spinicaudata Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Branchiopoda-stub