Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni is an extinct subspecies of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
| Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Genus: | Lymnaea |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | L. t. hamiltoni
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| Trinomial name | |
| Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni (Dell, 1956)
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| Synonyms | |
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Limnaea alfredi hamiltoni Dell, 1956 | |
This subspecies was endemic to New Zealand.[1] The shells of these snails were found in lake marls in the southern part of the South Island.
References
edit- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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