Marstonia olivacea

Marstonia olivacea
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. olivacea
Binomial name
Marstonia olivacea
(Pilsbry, 1895)
Synonyms

Pyrgulopsis olivacea (Pilsbry, 1895)

Marstonia olivacea, common name the olive marstonia, was a species of very small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species was endemic to Alabama, the United States.[1] Its natural habitat was rivers.[1] This species is now extinct.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2011). "Marstonia olivacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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