Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Greenbrier cavesnail (Fontigens turritella), is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States.
Greenbrier cavesnail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Fontigentidae |
Genus: | Fontigens |
Species: | F. turritella |
Binomial name | |
Fontigens turritella Hubricht, 1976 | |
The Greenbrier River Valley (which has many caves), is in West Virginia.
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