Biology:Spiny river snail

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Short description: Species of mollusc

Spiny river snail
A live individual of Io fluvialis
A live individual of Io fluvialis

Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Io
Lea, 1831[3]
Species:
I. fluvialis
Binomial name
Io fluvialis
(Say, 1825)
Synonyms[4]
  • Io nolichuckyensis Say, 1825
  • Lea, 1834 Io angitremoides
  • Adams, 1915 Io brevis
  • Anthony, 1860 Io clinchensis
  • Adams, 1915 Anthony, 1860
  • Lea, 1831 Reeve, 1861
  • Anthony, 1860 Adams, 1915
  • Reeve, 1861 Adams, 1915
  • Adams, 1915 Anthony, 1860
  • Reeve, 1860 Io recta
  • Io tenebrosa Io loudenensis
  • Io loudonensis Io lyttonensis
  • Io paulensis Reeve, 1861
  • Lea, 1841 Io fluvialis turrita
  • Io fusiformis Io gibbosa
  • Io inermis Goodrich, 1940
  • Adams, 1915 Adams, 1915
  • Adams, 1915 Reeve, 1861
  • Anthony, 1860 Io verrucosa
  • Adams, 1915 Io spirostoma
  • Io turrita Io spinosa
  • Io unakensis Io rhombica
  • Fusus fluvialis Io loudonensi
  • Io lurida Io powellensis

The spiny river snail, scientific name Io fluvialis, is a freshwater snail species, an aquatic mollusk in the Pleuroceridae family. This is the only species in the genus Io.[5] This species is endemic to the USA.

Ecology

Distribution

Habitat

Behavior

Description

Human relevance

The shells are found abundantly in shell middens along the rivers within their range, indicating they were exploited as a food source by Native American cultures. Additionally, this snail has served as the emblem for the American Malacological Society since 1960.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Bogan, A.E.; Seddon, M.B. (1996). "Io fluvialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10838A3221607.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10838/3221607. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ NatureServe. "Io fluvialis" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.110014/. 
  3. ↑ Lea I. (1831). Trans. Amer. phil. Soc. (N.S.) 4(1): 122.
  4. ↑ "Io fluvialis (Say, 1825)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1117084. 
  5. ↑ Holznagel E. W. & Lydeard Ch. (2000). "A Molecular Phylogeny of North American Pleuroceridae (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea) Based on Mitochondrial 16S rDNA Sequences". Journal of Molluscan Studies 66(2): 233-257. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.2.233, abstract
  6. ↑ "Seventy-five years of molluscs: A history of the American Malacological Society on the occasion of its 75th annual meeting". http://www.malacological.org/about/75_years_of_molluscs.pdf. 

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