Aylacostoma: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Family
- Hemisinidae
- Genus
- Aylacostoma
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Aylacostoma
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Aylacostoma
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.
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