Wekiwa siltsnail
| Wekiwa siltsnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Floridobia |
| Species: | F. wekiwae |
| Binomial name | |
| Floridobia wekiwae (Thompson, 1968) | |
The Wekiwa siltsnail or Wekiwa spring snail, scientific name Floridobia wekiwae, is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States; it is named after the Wekiwa River in Florida.
References
- Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2012). "Floridobia wekiwae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
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