Amnicola

Summary

Amnicola is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have an operculum. Amnicola species are aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Amnicola
Drawing of the shell of Amnicola dalli with an operculum.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Amnicolidae
Subfamily: Amnicolinae
Genus: Amnicola
Gould & Haldeman, 1840[1]

Amnicola is the type genus of the family Amnicolidae.[2]

Species edit

Species in the genus Amnicola include:[3]

  • Amnicola aldrichi (Call & Beecher, 1886) - Hoosier amnicola
    • Amnicola aldrichi antroecetes Hubricht, 1940
  • Amnicola bakerianus Pilsbry, 1917
  • Amnicola browni Carpenter, 1872 - slender duskysnail
  • Amnicola clarki Pilsbry, 1917
  • Amnicola cora Hubricht, 1979 - Foushee cavesnail
  • Amnicola dalli Call, 1884 - peninsula amnicola
  • Amnicola decisus Haldeman, 1845
  • Amnicola granum (Say, 1822) - squat duskysnail
  • Amnicola greggi Pilsbry, 1935 - Rocky Mountain duskysnail
  • Amnicola integra Say, 1821
  • Amnicola limosus (Say, 1817) - mud amnicola
  • Amnicola missouriensis Pilsbry, 1898 - Missouri amnicola
  • Amnicola pallida Haldeman, 1842
  • Amnicola pilsbry Walker, 1906 - lake duskysnail
  • Amnicola proserpina Hubricht, 1940 - Proserpine cavesnail
  • Amnicola pupoideus (Gould, 1841) - pupa duskysnail
  • Amnicola retromargo F. G. Thompson, 1968 - indented duskysnail
  • Amnicola rhombostoma F. G. Thompson, 1968 - squaremouth amnicola
  • Amnicola stygius Hubricht, 1971 - stygian amnicola
  • Amnicola walkeri Pilsbry, 1898 - Canadian duskysnail
  • Amnicola winkleyi Pilsbry, 1912
Species brought into synonymy
  • Amnicola cisternina Walker, 1919: synonym of Aroapyrgus cisterninus (Walker, 1919)
  • Amnicola comalensis Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906: synonym of Marstonia comalensis (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906)
  • Amnicola conchensensis Walker, 1919: synonym of Aroapyrgus conchensensis (Walker, 1919)
  • Amnicola crosseana Pilsbry, 1910: synonym of Littoridina crosseana (Pilsbry, 1910)
  • Amnicola emarginata (Küster, 1852): synonym of Probythinella emarginata (Kuster, 1852)
  • Amnicola floridana Frauenfeld, 1863: synonym of Floridobia floridana (Frauenfeld, 1863)
  • Amnicola guatemalensis P. Fischer & Crosse, 1891: synonym of Aroapyrgus guatemalensis (P. Fischer & Crosse, 1891)
  • Amnicola hinkleyi Walker, 1919: synonym of Aroapyrgus hinkleyi (Walker, 1919)
  • Amnicola lustrica Pilsbry, 1890: synonym of Marstonia lustrica (Pilsbry, 1890)
  • Amnicola micrococcus Pilsbry, 1893: synonym of Pyrgulopsis micrococcus (Pilsbry, 1893)
  • Amnicola orcutti Pilsbry, 1928: synonym of Littoridina orcutti (Pilsbry, 1928)
  • Amnicola orizabensis (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1891): synonym of Aroapyrgus orizabensis (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1891)
  • Amnicola panamensis Tryon, 1863: synonym of Aroapyrgus panamensis (Tryon, 1863)
  • Amnicola panzosensis Walker, 1919: synonym of Aroapyrgus panzosensis (Walker, 1919)
  • Amnicola pasionensis Goodrich & Van der Schalie, 1937: synonym of Aroapyrgus pasionensis (Goodrich & Van der Schalie, 1937)
  • Amnicola rowelli Tryon, 1863: synonym of Cochliopa rowelli (Tryon, 1863)
  • Amnicola sayana Haldeman, 1841: synonym of Pomatiopsis cincinnatiensis (I. Lea, 1840)
  • Amnicola seminula Frauenfeld, 1863: synonym of Radomaniola seminula (Frauenfeld, 1863)
  • Amnicola spirata Paladilhe, 1869: synonym of Pseudamnicola subproducta (Paladilhe, 1869)
  • Amnicola stolli Martens, 1901: synonym of Aroapyrgus stolli (Martens, 1901)
  • Amnicola subangulata Martens, 1899: synonym of Aroapyrgus subangulatus (Martens, 1899)
  • Amnicola subproducta Paladilhe, 1869: synonym of Pseudamnicola subproducta (Paladilhe, 1869)
  • Amnicola tenuipes Couper, 1844: synonym of Littoridinops tenuipes (Couper, 1844)
  • Amnicola tryoni Pilsbry, 1904: synonym of Aroapyrgus tryoni (Pilsbry, 1904)

References edit

  1. ^ Gould A. A. & Haldeman S. S. (1840). In: Haldeman, Mon. Limniades N. Amer., (1), iii, 3.
  2. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. ^ "Amnicola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

External links edit

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