Wekiwa siltsnail
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| Wekiwa siltsnail | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Cincinnatia |
| Species: | C. wekiwae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cincinnatia wekiwae F.G. Thompson, 1968 | |
The Wekiwa siltsnail or Wekiwa spring snail, scientific name Cincinnatia 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
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Cincinnatia wekiwae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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