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Phreatodrobia imitata Herschler & Longley 1986

Mimic cavesnail

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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]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the 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]

Description

The shell has 3.3-3.5 whorls.[3] The average height of the shell is 1.01-1.03 mm.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b "Phreatodrobia imitata". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d 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.
  4. ^ 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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Mimic cavesnail: Brief Summary

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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.

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