Fluvidona orphana
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Species: | F. orphana
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Fluvidona orphana Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999
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Fluvidona orphana is a
micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae
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Etymology
The specific epithet orphana is derived from the Greek word orphanos, meaning orphan, and refers to the probable extinction of any related species in the surrounding areas because of land clearing for urban development.[1]
Distribution and habitat
This species is endemic to northern New South Wales, Australia. It is known only from Sea Acres Reserve, Port Macquarie, where it lives in a small stream in a patch of remnant coastal rainforest. It differs from all other Fluvidona species in its habit, being found crawling on
See also
References
- ^ ISSN 0818-0164. Retrieved 20 February 2014.