''Amnicola'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of very small
freshwater snails which have an
operculum. ''Amnicola'' species are
aquatic prosobranch
Prosobranchia was a large taxonomic subclass of sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. This taxon of gastropods dates back to the 1920s. It has however been proven to be polyphyletic (consisting of more than one lineage of descent). G ...
gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
Amnicolidae
Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea.
This family is in the clade Littorinimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & ...
according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in 2005 by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is a system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks. (Gastropods are a taxonomic class of animals which consists of snails and s ...
.
''Amnicola'' is the type genus of the family Amnicolidae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Amnicola'' include:
* ''
Amnicola aldrichi''
(Call & Beecher, 1886) - Hoosier amnicola
** ''Amnicola aldrichi antroecetes''
* ''
Amnicola bakerianus''
Pilsbry, 1917
* ''
Amnicola browni
''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).
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''
Carpenter, 1872 - slender duskysnail
* ''
Amnicola clarki
''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).
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''
Pilsbry, 1917
* ''
Amnicola cora''
Hubricht, 1979 - Foushee cavesnail
* ''
Amnicola dalli
''Amnicola dalli'', common name the peninsula amnicola, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.
The specific epithet is in honor of W. H. Dall.
Subspecies
* '' Amnicola ...
''
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
''Amnicola limosus'', common name the mud amnicola, is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and along the Gu ...
''
(Say, 1817) - mud amnicola
* ''
Amnicola missouriensis''
Pilsbry, 1898 - Missouri amnicola
* ''
Amnicola pallida
''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).
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''
Haldeman, 1842
* ''
Amnicola pilsbry
''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).
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''
Walker, 1906 - lake duskysnail
* ''
Amnicola proserpina
''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).
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''
Hubricht, 1940 - Proserpine cavesnail
* ''
Amnicola pupoideus
''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).
...
''
(Gould, 1841) - pupa duskysnail
* ''
Amnicola retromargo
''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).
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''
F. G. Thompson, 1968 - indented duskysnail
* ''
Amnicola rhombostoma
''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).
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''
F. G. Thompson, 1968 - squaremouth amnicola
* ''
Amnicola stygius
''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).
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''
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
''Floridobia'' is a genus of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small ...
'' (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
''Pomatiopsis'' is a genus of amphibious snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic freshwater gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.
''Pomatiopsis'' is the type genus of the family Pomatiopsidae.
Distribution
The distribution of th ...
'' (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
External links
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Amnicolidae
Taxa named by Augustus Addison Gould
Taxa named by Samuel Stehman Haldeman
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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