Pahranagat pebblesnail
| Pahranagat pebblesnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
| Subfamily: | Lithoglyphinae |
| Genus: | Fluminicola |
| Species: | F. merriami |
| Binomial name | |
| Fluminicola merriami (Pilsbry & Beecher, 1892) | |
The Pahranagat pebblesnail also known as the Pahranagat Valley turban snail, scientific name Fluminicola merriami, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.[2] This species is endemic to the United States.
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Fluminicola merriami. 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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