Moitessieria locardi
Encyclopedia
Moitessieria locardi is a species
of minute freshwater snail
with an operculum
, an aquatic
gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family
Moitessieriidae
. This species is endemic to France.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of minute freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, an aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Moitessieriidae
Moitessieriidae
Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rissooidea.According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi the family Moitessieriidae has no subfamilies....
. This species is endemic to France.