Wekiwa siltsnail

The Wekiwa siltsnail or Wekiwa spring snail, scientific name Floridobia wekiwae,[2] is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the Wekiwa Springs State Park in Florida, for which it is named.[3]

Wekiwa siltsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Floridobia
Species:
F. wekiwae
Binomial name
Floridobia wekiwae
(Thompson, 1968)
Synonyms
  • Cincinnatia wekiwae
    F. G. Thompson 1968

References
  1. Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2012). "Floridobia wekiwae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T4876A3012672. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T4876A3012672.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Floridobia wekiwae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. "Wekiwa Basin GEOPark". Audubon. Retrieved 2023-06-05.


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