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 limosa
Lagochilus studeri Suter, 1896
Paludina porata Say, 1821

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. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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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