Wekiwa siltsnail
Wekiwa siltsnail | |
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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.