''Filopaludina sumatrensis'' is a

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of large

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with a

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and an operculum, an

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in the family

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.Bouchet, P. (2014). ''Filopaludina sumatrensis'' (Dunker, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827309 on 2014-12-09

Subspecies

* ''Filopaludina sumatrensis peninsularis''

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, 1974, accessed 2 June 2014. * ''Filopaludina sumatrensis polygramma'' (Martens, 1860) * ''Filopaludina sumatrensis speciosa'' (Deshayes, 1876) * ''Filopaludina sumatrensis sumatrensis'' (Dunker, 1852) represented as ''Filopaludina sumatrensis'' (Dunker, 1852) (alternate representation)

Distribution

This species is found in

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Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

and

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

Description

The width of the shell is 21 mm. The height of the shell is 32 mm. Kobelt W. (1909). "Die Gattung ''Paludina'' Lam. (''Vivipara'' Montfort) (Neue Folge). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen". ''Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz'', Nürnberg, 1(21a): pp
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pages 276–277table 56
fig. 9–12.

References

* Brandt R. A. M. (1974). ''The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand''. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i–iv, 1–423

External links

Viviparidae {{Viviparidae-stub