''Sardopaladilhia'' is a
genus
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of very small
aquatic snail
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s,
operculate
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Moitessieriidae
Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mari ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Sardopaladilhia'' include:
* ''
Sardopaladilhia buccina''
Rolán & Martínez-Ortí, 2003
* ''
Sardopaladilhia distorta''
Rolán & Martínez-Ortí, 2003
* ''
Sardopaladilhia marianae''
Rolán & Martínez-Ortí, 2003
* ''
Sardopaladilhia plagigeyerica''
Manganelli, Bodon, Cianfanelli, Talenti & Giusti, 1998
* ''
Sardopaladilhia subdistorta''
Rolán & Martínez-Ortí, 2003
References
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Gastropod genera
Moitessieriidae