Biology:Semisalsa stagnorum

Short description: Species of gastropod

Semisalsa stagnorum
Apertural view of the shell of Semisalsa stagnorum.
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Cochliopidae
Genus:	Semisalsa
Species:	S. stagnorum
Binomial name
Semisalsa stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Heleobia (Semisalsa) stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) (Semisalsa has genus level) Heleobia stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) Helix stagnorum Gmelin, 1791 Hydrobia scamandri Boeters, Monod & Vala, 1977 † Hydrobia stagnalis (Baster, 1765) † Hydrobia stagnalis stagnalis (Baster, 1765) Hydrobia stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) Paludestrina bigugliana Caziot, 1908 Semisalsa graeca Radoman, 1974 Semisalsa rausiana Radoman, 1974 Semisalsa scamandri (Boeters, Monod & Vala, 1977)

Semisalsa stagnorum is a species of small brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

References

• Bouchet, P. 1996. Hydrobia scamandri.
• 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
• Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN:0-948150-06-8. vi, 508

Wikidata ☰ Q5704224 entry