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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.
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| Species: | F. turritella |
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| Fontigens turritella Hubricht, 1976 | |
The Greenbrier River Valley (which has many caves), is in West Virginia.
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