Campeloma

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Campeloma
Drawing of a shell and operculum of Campeloma decisum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

informal group Architaenioglossa

Superfamily: Viviparoidea
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Campeloma
Rafinesque, 1819

Campeloma is a genus of gilled operculate freshwater snails in the family Viviparidae. They are common in unpolluted rivers in the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.

Species

Species within the genus Campeloma include:[1]

  • Campeloma brevispirum F. C. Baker, 1928
  • Campeloma crassulum Rafinesque, 1819 - ponderous campeloma
  • Campeloma decampi (W. G. Binney, 1865) - the slender campeloma
  • Campeloma decisum (Say, 1817) - pointed campeloma
  • Campeloma exile (Anthony, 1860)
  • Campeloma floridense Call, 1886 - purple-throat campeloma
  • Campeloma geniculum (Conrad, 1834) - ovate campeloma
  • Campeloma gibbum (Currier, 1867)
  • Campeloma leptum Mattox, 1940
  • Campeloma lewisi Walker, 1915
  • Campeloma limum (Anthony, 1860) - file campeloma
  • Campeloma milesi (I. Lea, 1863)
  • Campeloma parthenum Vail, 1979 - maiden campeloma
  • Campeloma regulare (I. Lea, 1841) - cylinder campeloma
  • Campeloma rufum (Haldeman, 1841)
  • Campeloma subsolidum Anthony - anatomy
  • Campeloma tannum Mattox, 1940

References

  1. Campeloma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System, http://www.itis.gov, accessed 14 December 2008.
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