''Stenophysa marmorata'' 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 ...

of air-breathing

freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

, an aquatic

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

in the family

Physidae Physidae, common name the bladder snails, is a monophyletic taxonomic family of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lymnaeoidea .MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Physidae Fitzin ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Stenophysa marmorata (Guilding, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253849 on 2022-01-14

Distribution

This species occurs in the

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.Reeves W. K., Dillon Jr. R. T. & Dasch G. A. (2008). "Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Commonwealth of Dominica with a discussion of their roles in the transmission of parasites". ''American Malacological Bulletin'' 24: 59-63.
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. and St. Vincent

References

* Robart, G., Mandahl-Barth, G. & Ripert, C. (1977). Inventaire, repartition geographique et ecologie des mollusques dulcaquicoles d'Haiti (Caraibes). Haliotis. 8: 159-171.

External links

Guilding, I. (1828). Observations on the zoology of the Caribbean Islands. The Zoological Journal. 3: 527-544

Sowerby, G. B. I. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 numbers. Vol. 1, pls 1-126

Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus Physa. In: Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 19, pls 1-12 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London.

Villa, A. & Villa, J. B. (1841). Dispositio systematica conchyliarum terrestrium et fluviatilium quae adservantur in collectione fratrum Ant. et Jo. Bapt. Villa. Conspectu abnormitatum novarumque specierum descriptionibus adjectis. 62 pp. (+ 2 pp. Resumptus numeralis specierum + Errata).

aylor, D. W. (2003). Introduction to Physidae (Gastropoda: Hygrophila); biogeography, classification, morphology. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(Suppl. 1): 1-263 (includes a Catalog of species, pp. 197-263).

Paraense, W. L. (1986). Physa Marmorata Guilding, 1828 (Pulmonata: Physidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 81(4): 459-469
* Appleton C. C. & Dana P. (2005). "Re-examination of ''Physa mosambiquensis'' Clessin, 1886 and its relationship with other Aplexinae (Pulmonata: Physidae) reported from Africa". ''

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Physidae Gastropods described in 1828 {{Physidae-stub