Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Pahranagat Pebblesnail, Pahranagat Valley Turban Snail
Common Names in unspecified:
Pahranagat Pebblesnail
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
()
- Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily:
Rissooidea
()
- J.E. Gray, 1847
- Family:
Hydrobiidae
()
- Stimpson, 1865
- Genus:
Fluminicola
()
- Stimpson, 1865
- Specific name:
merriami
- (Pilsbry & Beecher, 1892)
- Scientific name: - Fluminicola merriami (Pilsbry & Beecher, 1892)
- Specific name:
merriami
- (Pilsbry & Beecher, 1892)
- Genus:
Fluminicola
(
- Family:
Hydrobiidae
(
- Superfamily:
Rissooidea
(
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Fluminicola
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:
F. avernalis (Moapa Pebblesnail) · F. coloradoensis (Green River Pebblesnail) · F. columbiana (Columbia Pebblesnail) · F. dalli (Pyramid Lake Pebblesnail) · F. erythopoma (Ash Meadows Pebblesnail) · F. fuscus (Ashy Pebblesnail) · F. hindsi (Vagrant Pebblesnail) · F. insolitus (Donner And Blitzen Pebblesnail) · F. merriami (Pahranagat Pebblesnail) · F. minutissimus (Pixie Pebblesnail) · F. modoci (Modoc Pebblesnail) · F. nevadensis (Cortez Hills Pebblesnail) · F. nuttallianus (Dusky Pebblesnail) · F. seminalis (Nugget Pebblesnail) · F. turbiniformis (Turban Pebblesnail) · F. virens (Olympia Pebblesnail) · F. virginius (Virginia Mountains Pebblesnail)
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Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 121.
- Miscellaneous publications / University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology. Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University, 1916- url p. 142.
- North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 281, p. 5.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 788.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 286, p. xiv.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 121, p. 124, p. 143, p. 143.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Fluminicola merriami. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2683518
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-70790
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 70790
- IUCN ID: 209878
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4338
Footnotes
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Fluminicola merriami. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
