Biology:Nymphophilus minckleyi

Nymphophilus minckleyi
	Lateral view of a shell of Nymphophilus minckleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Nymphophilus
Species:	N. minckleyi
Binomial name
	Nymphophilus minckleyi; Taylor, 1966

Nymphophilus minckleyi is a species of very small freshwater snail,^[1] an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas valley, in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico.^[1]

Predators of Mexithauma quadripaludium include the cichlid fish Herichthys minckleyi.^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Chaves-Campos J., Johnson S. G. & Hulsey C. D. (2011). "Spatial Geographic Mosaic in an Aquatic Predator-Prey Network". PLoS ONE 6(7): e22472. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022472.

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Nymphophilus minckleyi

Lateral view of a shell of Nymphophilus minckleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Nymphophilus
Species:	N. minckleyi
Binomial name
*Nymphophilus minckleyi* Taylor, 1966