Enterprise siltsnail

The Enterprise siltsnail, also known as the Enterprise spring snail, scientific name Floridobia monroensis, is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails.

Enterprise siltsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Floridobia
Species:
F. monroensis
Binomial name
Floridobia monroensis
(Dall, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Cincinnatia monroensis (Dall, 1885)

This species is endemic to the United States. It is named after the settlement of Enterprise, which is or was near Lake Monroe in Volusia County, Florida.

References
    • Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Floridobia monroensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T4872A11101624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4872A11101624.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.


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