''Lynceus brachyurus'', known generally as the holarctic clam shrimp or common lynceus, is a species 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

Lynceidae Lynceidae is a family of clam shrimp in the order Laevicaudata. There are about 5 genera and more than 20 described species in Lynceidae. Genera These five genera belong to the family Lynceidae: * '' Leptestheriella'' * '' Limnetis'' Loven, 1846 ...

. It is found in Europe.

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