Hood ancylid

Ferrissia mcneili, common name the hood ancylid, is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

Hood ancylid

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Bulininae
Tribe:
Miratestini
Genus:
Ferrissia
Species:
F. mcneili
Binomial name
Ferrissia mcneili
Walker, 1925

Distribution

This freshwater limpet is endemic to the United States.

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References
  1. Cordeiro, J. (2011). "Ferrissia mcneili". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T8554A12922692. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T8554A12922692.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.


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