Biology:Anchialine pool snail
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Anchialine pool snail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritiliidae |
| Genus: | Neritilia |
| Species: | N. hawaiiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Neritilia hawaiiensis Kay, 1979
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The anchialine pool snail, scientific name Neritilia hawaiiensis, is a species living in brackish estuaries and in anchialine pools.[2] These snails have an operculum, and are aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritiliidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the islands of Hawaii, United States , and lives only in brackish estuaries and in anchialine pools,[2] which are marine pools that have no surface connection with the ocean but that are salty and that fluctuate in level with the tides.
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Neritilia hawaiiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T14624A4450084. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14624A4450084.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14624/4450084. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Neritilia hawaiiensis" , accessed 19 May 2010.
Wikidata ☰ Q4752619 entry
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