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Aylacostoma
Sign in to saveAylacostoma is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum. They are part of the family Hemisinidae, a group of aquatic gastropod molluscs. They are found in South and Central America. As a consequence of the Yacyretá Dam, two species are entirely extinct and another is extinct in the wild.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
- FamilyHemisinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 175
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Hemisinidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Cuba, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Jamaica, Colombia, Ecuador
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Aylacostoma is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum. They are part of the family Hemisinidae, a group of aquatic gastropod molluscs. They are found in South and Central America. As a consequence of the Yacyretá Dam, two species are entirely extinct and another is extinct in the wild.
==Species== Species within genus Aylacostoma include: Aylacostoma brunneum Vogler & Peso, 2014 Aylacostoma chloroticum Hylton-Scot, 1953 Aylacostoma ci Simone, 2001 Aylacostoma exoplicatum Simone, 2001 Aylacostoma francanum (Ihering, 1909) Aylacostoma glabrum Spix, 1827 Aylacostoma guaraniticum Hylton-Scot, 1953 Aylacostoma osculati (Villa, 1857) - synonym: Hemisinus osculati Aylacostoma stigmaticum Hylton-Scot, 1953 Aylacostoma tenuilabris (Reeve, 1860)
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