The Australian freshwater limpet or Tasmanian freshwater limpet, scientific name Ancylastrum cumingianus, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail or freshwater limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Planorbidae. This species is endemic to freshwater lakes in the Central Plateau of Tasmania.[2]
| Australian freshwater limpet | |
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| Shell of Ancylastrum cumingianus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Ancylastrum |
| Species: | A. cumingianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancylastrum cumingianus (Bourguignat, 1853)
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References
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- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Ancylastrum cumingianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T1261A3365562. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1261A3365562.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Ancylastrum cumingianus - fact sheet". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
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