Pygmy siltsnail

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Pygmy siltsnail
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Floridobia
Species:
F. parva
Binomial name
Floridobia parva
(Thompson, 1968)
Synonyms
  • Cincinnatia parva Thompson, 1968

The pygmy siltsnail, scientific name Floridobia parva, is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Blue Spring in Florida.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Floridobia parva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4873A11101751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4873A11101751.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Schultheis, Alicia S.; Kellmann, Cailin R. (1 March 2013). "Cyanobacteria-Rich Diet Reduces Growth Rates of the Hyacinth Siltsnail Floridobia floridana:(Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)". Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation. 13 (1): 1–8. doi:10.31931/fmbc.v16i1.2013.1-8.
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