Biology:Marstonia ozarkensis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Marstonia ozarkensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Marstonia |
| Species: | M. ozarkensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Marstonia ozarkensis (Hinkley, 1915)
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Marstonia ozarkensis, common name the Ozark pyrg, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Hydrobiidae. This species was endemic to Missouri and Arkansas[2] in the United States and was presumed extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as of December 2018.[3]
This species was named after the Ozarks, a highland region of the United States.
References
- ↑ Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2012). "Marstonia ozarkensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T18980A1938533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18980A1938533.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18980/1938533.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Marstonia ozarkensis". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.109474/Marstonia_ozarkensis.
- ↑ "Ozark snail species presumed extinct following science-based surveys" (in en-US). December 18, 2018. https://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2018/12/ozark-snail-species-presumed-extinct-following-science-based-surveys/.
Wikidata ☰ Q28321666 entry
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