Stenophysa marmorata is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae.[1]

Stenophysa marmorata
Two views of a live individual of Stenophysa marmorata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Physidae
Genus: Stenophysa
Species:
S. marmorata
Binomial name
Stenophysa marmorata
(Guilding, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Aplexa (Stenophysa) sowerbyana d'Orbigny, 1841 (junior synonym)
  • Aplexa marmorata (Guilding, 1828)
  • Aplexa rivalis antillarum H. Beck, 1838 (junior synonym)
  • Limnea (Physa) rivalis G. B. Sowerby I, 1822
  • Physa acuminata A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841
  • Physa acuminata G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 (invalid: not Villa & Villa, 1841)
  • Physa guadeloupensis Clessin, 1886 (invalid; not Mazé, 1883)
  • Physa margaritacea E. von Martens, 1873 (junior synonym)
  • Physa marmorata Guilding, 1828 (original combination)
  • Physa salleana Dunker, 1853 (junior synonym)
  • Physa sowerbyana d'Orbigny, 1841 (junior synonym)
  • Physa ventricosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 (invalid; not Moquin-Tandon, 1855)

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Lesser Antilles on Dominica.[2] and St. Vincent

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Stenophysa marmorata (Guilding, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253849 on 2022-01-14
  2. ^ Reeves W. K., Dillon Jr. R. T. & Dasch G. A. (2008). "Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Commonwealth of Dominica with a discussion of their roles in the transmission of parasites". American Malacological Bulletin 24: 59-63. doi:10.4003/0740-2783-24.1.59. PDF Archived 2010-01-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Robart, G., Mandahl-Barth, G. & Ripert, C. (1977). Inventaire, repartition geographique et ecologie des mollusques dulcaquicoles d'Haiti (Caraibes). Haliotis. 8: 159-171.
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