''Palacanthilhiopsis'' is a

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of very small or minute

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s with an operculum, aquatic

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s in the

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Moitessieriidae Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...

.Bouchet, P. (2014). Palacanthilhiopsis Bernasconi, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742119 on 2015-02-19

Species

Species within the genus ''Palacanthilhiopsis'' include: * '' Palacanthilhiopsis carolinae'' Girardi, 2009 * '' Palacanthilhiopsis kuiperi'' Girardi, 2009 * '' Palacanthilhiopsis margritae'' Boeters & Falkner, 2003 * ''

Palacanthilhiopsis vervierii ''Palacanthilhiopsis vervierii'' is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Moitessieriidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Palacanthilhiopsis vervierii Bernasconi, 1988. Accessed thr ...

'' Bernasconi, 1988

References

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