The anchialine pool snail, scientific name ''Neritilia hawaiiensis'', is a
species living in
brackish estuaries and in
anchialine pools An anchialine system (, from Greek ''ankhialos'', "near the sea") is a landlocked body of water with a subterranean connection to the ocean. Depending on its formation, these systems can exist in one of two primary forms: pools or caves. The prima ...
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These snails have an
operculum, and are
aquatic gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the family
Neritiliidae
Neritiliidae is a family of submarine cave snails,Kano Y. & Kase T. (2008). "Diversity and distributions of the submarine-cave Neritiliidae in the Indo-Pacific (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha)". ''Organisms Diversity & Evolution'' 8(1): 22-43. marine ...
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Distribution
This species is
endemic to the islands of
Hawaii,
United States, and lives only in
brackish estuaries and in
anchialine pools,
["''Neritilia hawaiiensis''"](_blank)
, accessed 19 May 2010. which are marine pools that have no surface connection with the ocean but that are salty and that fluctuate in level with the tides.
References
Neritiliidae
Molluscs of Hawaii
Endemic fauna of Hawaii
Gastropods described in 1979
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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