Hood ancylid

Ferrissia mcneili, common name the hood ancylid, is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

Hood ancylid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Bulininae
Tribe:
Miratestini
Genus:
Ferrissia
Species:
F. mcneili
Binomial name
Ferrissia mcneili
Walker, 1925

Distribution

This freshwater limpet is endemic to the United States.

References
  1. Cordeiro, J. (2011). "Ferrissia mcneili". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T8554A12922692. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T8554A12922692.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.


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