Biology:Antrorbis breweri

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Antrorbis breweri

Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Antrorbis
Species:
A. breweri
Binomial name
Antrorbis breweri
Hershler & F. G. Thompson, 1990[3]
Synonyms[3]
  • Horatia sp. Hubricht, 1940[4]
  • Horatia micra
  • Antrobia breweri Hershler & F. G. Thompson, 1990 [orth. error on IUCN Red List]

Antrorbis breweri, common name Manitou cavesnail, is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.[3]

The specific name breweri is in honor of Dr. Stephen Brewer, the owner of Manitou Cave.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States, and it is known only from its type locality.[1] The type locality is Manitou Cave, Little Wills Valley, Coosa River Basin, Fort Payne, Alabama.[3]

Description

The shape of the shell is discoidal.[3] The shell has 2.5-3.0 whorls.[3]

The width of the shell is 1.53-1.79 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 0.80-0.98 mm.[3]

The length of the whole animal is 2.7-3.0 mm.[3]

Ecology

Antrorbis breweri lives in cool stream in Manitou Cave.[3] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Antrobia breweri [sic"]. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T29626A9507148.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29626/9507148. Retrieved 6 August 2007. 
  2. ↑ NatureServe. "Antrorbis breweri" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.107391/. 
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 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.
  4. ↑ Hubricht L. (1940). "A subterranean snail from an artesian well". The Nautilis 54(1): 34-35.

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