Anchialine pool snail
| Anchialine pool snail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Helicinoidea |
| Family: | Neritiliidae |
| Genus: | Neritilia |
| Species: | N. hawaiiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neritilia hawaiiensis Kay, 1979 | |
The anchialine pool snail, scientific name Neritilia hawaiiensis, is a species living in brackish estuaries and in anchialine pools.[2] These snails have an operculum, and are aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritiliidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the islands of Hawaii, United States, and lives only in brackish estuaries and in anchialine pools,[2] which are marine pools that have no surface connection with the ocean but that are salty and that fluctuate in level with the tides.
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Neritilia hawaiiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 07 August 2007.
- 1 2 "Neritilia hawaiiensis", accessed 19 May 2010.
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