Greenbrier cavesnail

The Greenbrier cavesnail, scientific name Fontigens turritella, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

Greenbrier cavesnail
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F. turritella
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Fontigens turritella
Hubricht, 1976

The Greenbrier River Valley (which has many caves), is in West Virginia.

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