Edgbastonia alanwillsi explained

Edgbastonia alanwillsi is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Tateidae.

Edgbastoni alanwillsi is endemic to western Queensland, Australia. It is only found in a small group of springs in the Edgbaston Reserve near Aramac, where it is assumed to be relictual.^[1]

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

External links

• Web site: Occurrence record: Malacology:C.457897. Atlas of Living Australia.

Notes and References

1. Ponder, W. F. . Wilke, T. . Zhang, W.-H. . Golding, R. E. . Fukuda, H. . Mason, R. A. B. . amp. 2008. Edgbastonia alanwillsi n. gen & n. sp. (Tateinae: Hydrobiidae s.l.: Rissooidea: Caenogastropoda); a snail from an artesian spring group in western Queensland, Australia, convergent with some Asian Amnicolidae. Molluscan Research. 28. 2. 89–106.