Marstonia agarhecta
| Marstonia agarhecta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda | 
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea | 
| Family: | Hydrobiidae | 
| Subfamily: | Nymphophilinae | 
| Genus: | Marstonia | 
| Species: | M. agarhecta | 
| Binomial name | |
| Marstonia agarhecta (F. G. Thompson, 1969) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Pyrgulopsis agarhecta F. G. Thompson, 1969 | |
Marstonia agarhecta, common name Ocmulgee marstonia, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to Georgia, the United States.[1] Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). Pyrgulopsis agarhecta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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