''Eoleptestheria ticinensis'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
clam shrimp
Clam shrimp are a group of bivalved branchiopod crustaceans that resemble the unrelated bivalved molluscs. They are extant and also known from the fossil record, from at least the Devonian period and perhaps before. They were originally classif ...
in the family
Leptestheriidae. Although up to eight species have formerly been recognised in the genus ''Eoleptestheria'', they are more usually all considered part of one species with a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
References
Monotypic Branchiopoda genera
Spinicaudata
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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