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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae

Heleobia australis (d'Orbigny, 1835)


Range: 24°S to 41°S; 65°W to 46°W
Depth: 0 to 60 m
Maximum Reported Size: 7.2  mm

Synonymy

Paludina australis d'Orbigny, 1835
Littoridina australis (d'Orbigny, 1835) 
Paludestrina australis (d'Orbigny, 1835) 
Littoridina nana Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1963
Littoridina crassa M. Gaillard, 1974

Details


Paludina australis d'Orbigny, 1835a, p. 30, [d'Orbigny 1837, pl. 48, fig. 4-6]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Montevideo (republica Uruguayensis orientali) et ripis Patagoniensibus maritimis
Range: 24°S to 41°S; 62°W to 46°W
Depth: 0 to 60 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Sao Paulo, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: d'Orbigny (1840) M; Castellanos (1982a) D; da Silva & Davis (1983) cT
Combining Genera:  Littoridina Paludestrina

Littoridina crassa M. Gaillard, 1974b, 
[Synonym]
Range: 39.4°S to 41°S; 65°W to 62°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7.2 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rio Negro
References: Gaillard (1974b) NSEWM

Littoridina nana Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1963, 
[Synonym]
References: Rios (1994) s


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1835. Synopsis terrestrium et fluviatilium molluscorum, in suo per Americam meridionalem itinere Magasin de Zoologie 5 1-44. [Stated date: 01 Jul 1835.]

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