Fagotia daudebartii
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Esperiana daudebartii is a species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of freshwater snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...

 with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...

, an aquatic
Aquatic animal
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 gastropod mollusk in the family Melanopsidae
Melanopsidae
Melanopsidae, common name melanopsids, is a family of freshwater gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Species in this family are native to southern and eastern Europe, northern Africa, parts of the Middle East, New Zealand, and freshwater streams of some large South Pacific islands.These snails...

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Subspecies

Subspecies within this species include:
  • Esperiana daudebartii acicularis (A. Férussac
    André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac
    Baron André Étienne Justin Pascal Joseph François d'Audebert de Férussac was a French naturalist best known for his studies of molluscs...

    , 1823)
  • Esperiana daudebartii daudebartii

Esperiana daudebartii acicularis

Synonyms:
  • Microcolpia acicularis (Férussac, 1823)
  • Fagotia daudebartii acicularis (A. Férrusac, 1823)


Distribution of this subspecies is Pontic
Black Sea
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  • Not listed in IUCN red list
    IUCN Red List
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     - not evaluated (NE)


This subspecies is found in Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

and others areas.
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