Radix auricularia

Radix auricularia
Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent
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A shell of Radix auricularia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Radix
Species:
R. auricularia
Binomial name
Radix auricularia
(Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
Synonyms
  • Helix auricularia Linnaeus, 1758
  • Limnaea auricularia
  • Lymnaea auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Radix (Radix) auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • † Radix (Radix) auricularia auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (subspecies rank sensu Wenz not accepted)
  • Radix auriculatus Montfort, 1810 (unnecessary substitute name for Helix auricularia)

Radix auricularia, the big-ear radix, is a species of medium-sized freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.[4]

Radix auricularia is the type species of the genus Radix.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Baker was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Seddon M. B., Van Damme D., von Proschwitz T. & Madhyastha A. (2014). "Radix auricularia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 January 2015.
  3. ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. Vermes. Testacea: 700–781. Holmiae. (Salvius).
  4. ^ Neubauer, Thomas A.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248263 on 2014-11-17