Badwater snail
Badwater snail | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Assimineidae |
Genus: | Angustassiminea |
Species: | A. infima
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Binomial name | |
Angustassiminea infima (S.S. Berry, 1947)
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Synonyms | |
Assiminea infima S. S. Berry, 1947 |
The Badwater snail (Angustassiminea infima) is a species of minute, salt marsh snail endemic to the Badwater Basin in Death Valley. It is found only at low elevations near spring sources, and only in regions with relatively low precipitation. It is capable of living completely submerged in the spring water.
The species was described in 1947.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Assiminea infirma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2179A9319797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2179A9319797.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^ Berry, S. S. (1947). "A surprising molluscan discovery in Death Valley". Leaflets in Malacology. 1: 5–8.
- ^ (2019). WoRMS Mollusca: MolluscaBase (version 2018-12-06). In: Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 24 December 2018. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
- 2013 Encyclopedia of Life, Assiminea infima Downloaded on 6 June 2013
- Johnson, P.D., Bogan, A.E., Brown, K.M., Burkhead, N.M., Cordeiro, J.R., Garner, J.T., Hartfield, P.D., Lepitzki, D.A.W., Mackie, G.L., Pip, E., Tarpley, T.A., Tiemann, J.S., Whelan, N.V. and Strong, E.E. 2013. Conservation Status of Freshwater Gastropods of Canada and the United States. Fisheries 38(6): 247-282
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Assimineidae
- Death Valley
- Fauna of the Mojave Desert
- Endemic fauna of California
- Molluscs of the United States
- Assimineidae stubs