Amnicola limosus
| Amnicola limosus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Amnicolidae |
| Subfamily: | Amnicolinae |
| Genus: | Amnicola |
| Species: | A. limosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amnicola limosus (Say, 1817)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Paludina limosa Say, 1817 | |
Amnicola limosus, common name the mud amnicola, is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[3]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and along the Gulf of Maine.
The type locality is Delaware River and Schuylkill River.[1]
Parasites
Amnicola limosus is the first intermediate host for the trematode Metorchis conjunctus.[4]
References
- 1 2 Say T. (1817). "Descriptions of new species of land and fresh water shells of the United States". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(6): 123-126. pages 125-126.
- ↑ Bouchet P. (2015). Amnicola limosus (Say, 1817). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159974 on 2015-12-27
- ↑ Amnicola limosus (Say, 1817). WoRMS (2010). Amnicola limosus (Say, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159974 on 9 August 2010.
- ↑ Chai J. Y., Darwin Murrell K. & Lymbery A. J. (2005). "Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses: Status and issues". International Journal for Parasitology 35(11-12): 1233-1254. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.07.013.
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