Tapered cavesnail

The tapered cavesnail, scientific name Fontigens holsingeri, is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

Tapered cavesnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Fontigens
Species:
F. holsingeri
Binomial name
Fontigens holsingeri
Hubricht, 1976

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Fontigens holsingeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T8640A12924169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8640A12924169.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.


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