Biology:Enterprise siltsnail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Enterprise siltsnail
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Floridobia
Species:
F. monroensis
Binomial name
Floridobia monroensis
(Dall, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Cincinnatia monroensis (Dall, 1885)

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.

This species is endemic to Benson's Mineral Spring, in Florida.[2] It is named after the settlement of Enterprise, which is or was near Lake Monroe in Volusia County, Florida.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q308830 entry