Fluminicola nuttallianus

Fluminicola nuttallianus, common name dusky pebblesnail, is a possibly extinct[1] species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.[4]

Fluminicola nuttallianus
Fluminicola nuttallianus shell

Possibly Extinct  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Fluminicola
Species:
F. nuttallianus
Binomial name
Fluminicola nuttallianus
(I. Lea, 1838)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Paludina nuttalliana Lea, 1838
  • Fluminicola nuttalliana

Fluminicola nuttallianus is the type species of the genus Fluminicola.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs (or occurred) in Oregon, USA.[1]

Description

Fluminicola nuttallianus has several (not exactly counted) rows of teeth on its radula.[5] Each row has 2-3 central basocones, 4-5 central octocones, 7-8 lateral teeth, ca. 16 inner marginal teeth and 12-13 outer marginal teeth.[5]

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References
  1. Fluminicola nuttallianus. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 28 May 2011.
  2. Lea I. (1838). "Description of New Freshwater and Land Shells". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 6: 1-154. page 101, plate XXIII, figure 89.
  3. Hershler R. & Frest T. J. (1996). "A review of the North American freshwater snail genus Fluminicola (Hydrobiidae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 583: 1-41. PDF.
  4. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  5. Thompson F. G. (1984). "North American freshwater snail genera of the hydrobiid subfamily Lithoglyphinae". Malacologia 25(1): 109-141.


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