Mimic cavesnail
The mimic cavesnail, scientific name Phreatodrobia imitata, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[4]
| Mimic cavesnail | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Phreatodrobia |
| Species: | P. imitata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phreatodrobia imitata Hershler & Longley, 1986[3] | |
Distribution
This species is endemic to Texas in the United States,[1] where it is known from only two wells that penetrate the Edwards Aquifer.[2] Type locality is Verstraeten Well, Bexar County, Texas.[3]
References
- Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Phreatodrobia imitata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17077A6797152. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17077A6797152.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- "Phreatodrobia imitata". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- Hershler R. & Longley G. (1986). "Phreatic hydrobiids (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer region, south-central Texas". Malacologia 27(1): 127-172. page 151.
- Hershler R. & Thompson F. G. (1990). "Antrorbis breweri, a new genus and species of hydrobiid cavesnail (Gastropoda) from Coosa River Basin, northeastern Alabama". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(l): 197-204. PDF.
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