Moapa pebblesnail
Moapa pebblesnail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
Subfamily: | Lithoglyphinae |
Genus: | Fluminicola |
Species: | F. avernalis |
Binomial name | |
Fluminicola avernalis Pilsbry, 1935 | |
The Moapa pebblesnail also known as the Muddy Valley turban snail, scientific name Fluminicola avernalis, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.[2] This species is endemic to the United States and the common name refers to the Moapa River in Nevada.
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Fluminicola avernalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ↑ Bouchet P.; Rocroi J.-P.; Frýda J.; Hausdorf B.; Ponder W.; Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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