Minckleyella

Minckleyella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cochliopidae
Genus: Minckleyella
Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011
Species:
M. balnearis
Binomial name
Minckleyella balnearis
Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011

Minckleyella is a monotypic genus of gastropods belonging to the family Cochliopidae. The only species is Minckleyella balnearis.

This freshwater snail genus is named in honor of Wendell L. Minckley.

The species is found in the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico.

References

  1. 1 2 "Minckleyella Hershler, H.-P.Liu & Landye, 2011". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Landye J. J. (2011). "Two new genera and four new species of freshwater cochliopid gastropods (Rissooidea) from northeastern Mexico". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(1): 8-23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyq033.