Valvata_sincera Knowpia

Mossy valvata
	Apertural view of a shell of Valvata sincera
	Basal view of a shell of Valvata sincera
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Valvatoidea
Family:	Valvatidae
Genus:	Valvata
Species:	V. sincera
Binomial name
	Valvata sincera; Say, 1824
Subspecies
	V. s. sincera – Ribbed Valve Snail; V. s. helicoidea – Northern Valve Snail; V. s. ontariensis – Loosely Coiled Valve Snail

Valvata sincera, common name the mossy valvata is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

References edit

^ Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2011). "Valvata sincera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189373A8722769. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189373A8722769.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Molluscs, Canadian Bioversity Web Site

Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26

Mossy valvata

Apertural view of a shell of Valvata sincera

Basal view of a shell of Valvata sincera
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Valvatoidea
Family:	Valvatidae
Genus:	Valvata
Species:	V. sincera
Binomial name
*Valvata sincera* Say, 1824
Subspecies
V. s. sincera – Ribbed Valve Snail V. s. helicoidea – Northern Valve Snail V. s. ontariensis – Loosely Coiled Valve Snail^[2]