Marstonia castor
| Marstonia castor | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphophilinae |
| Genus: | Marstonia |
| Species: | M. castor |
| Binomial name | |
| Marstonia castor F. G. Thompson, 1977 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pyrgulopsis castor (F. G. Thompson, 1977) | |
Marstonia castor, common name the beaver pond marstonia, is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States.
References
- ↑ Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2012). "Marstonia castor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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