Beddomeia camensis

Beddomeia camensis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.[1]

Beddomeia camensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Beddomeia
Species:
B. camensis
Binomial name
Beddomeia camensis
Ponder & Clark, 1993

Classification

Beddomeia, a gastropod, belongs to the Prosobranchia subclass, Caenogastropoda order, Truncatelloidea superfamily and the Hydrobiidae family, a family of freshwater snails that consists of over 100 genera.[2] The Hydrobiid is one of the largest families belonging to the truncatelloidea superfamily of small sized aquatic snails, containing an extensive fossil record dating back to the Early Carboniferous. Hydrobiid species can be found all over the world. Hydrobiids are distributed worldwide most notably in southern parts of Europe, Africa, America and New Zealand. Australia alone is inhabited by 200 species from this family, populating most densely in South Eastern parts of the country (Kabat, 1993).[3][4] The habitual distribution of species varies between estuarine mudflats, mangroves, mountain lakes, caves, creeks, rivers and subterranean groundwater.

Taking a broader look at classification, Beddomeia camensis belongs to the Class Gastropod, comprising over 65,000 species, making it the largest within the phylum Molusca. This class is made up of a large collection of invertebrates including both snails and slugs. Gastropods are amongst the few groups of animals that have successfully survived in the ocean, fresh waters and land. While distribution ranges between these three major habitats, only 5000 species live in freshwater.[5]

See also

References
  1. Clark, S. (2011). "Beddomeia camensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T2686A9467782. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T2686A9467782.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Gastropods: Links to families and groupings". mkohl1.net. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  3. "Beddomeia camensis - fact sheet". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  4. Kabat, Alan (1993). "The Prosobranch Snail Family: Hydrobiidae" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoologoy. 547.
  5. "gastropod - Ecology and habitats | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-04-12.


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