Mimic cavesnail
The mimic cavesnail, scientific name Phreatodrobia imitata, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[1]
| Mimic cavesnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Phreatodrobia |
| Species: | P. imitata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phreatodrobia imitata Hershler & Longley, 1986[3] | |
Distribution
This species is endemic to the United States.[2] Type locality is Verstraeten Well, Bexar County, Texas.[3]
Description
The shell has 3.3-3.5 whorls.[3] The average height of the shell is 1.01-1.03 mm.[3]
References
- ↑ Hershler R. & Thompson F. G. (1990). "Antrorbis breweri, a new genus and species of hydrobiid cavesnail (Gastropoda) from Coosa River Basin, northeastern Alabama". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(l): 197-204. PDF.
- 1 2 Bogan A. E. (1996). Phreatodrobia imitata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- 1 2 3 4 Hershler R. & Longley G. (1986). "Phreatic hydrobiids (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer region, south-central Texas". Malacologia 27(1): 127-172. page 151.
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