Pahranagat pebblesnail

The Pahranagat pebblesnail also known as the Pahranagat Valley turban snail, scientific name Fluminicola merriami, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.[2] This species is endemic to the United States.

Pahranagat pebblesnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Lithoglyphidae
Subfamily:
Lithoglyphinae
Genus:
Fluminicola
Species:
F. merriami
Binomial name
Fluminicola merriami
(Pilsbry & Beecher, 1892)

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Fluminicola merriami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T8623A12923561. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8623A12923561.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.


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