Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Glossy Fossaria
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
The ecology or habitat
preferences of this species is unknown. (Ref.
273308).
List of Habitats:
- 18 Unknown [more info]
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
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Hygrophila
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Basommatophora
()
- Keferstein, in Bronn, 1864
- Superfamily:
Lymnaeoidea
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Lymnaeidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus:
Fossaria
()
- Specific name:
perpolita
- (Dall, 1905)
- Scientific name: - Fossaria perpolita (Dall, 1905)
- Specific name:
perpolita
- (Dall, 1905)
- Genus:
Fossaria
(
- Family:
Lymnaeidae
(
- Superfamily:
Lymnaeoidea
(
- Suborder:
Basommatophora
(
- Order:
Hygrophila
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Galba perpolita • Lymnaea perpolita • Stagnicola perpolita
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Falkner et al.
(2001) use
Galba to maintain taxonomic
stability
between European and North American species of this genus.
[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Fossaria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
F. alberta (Classification Uncertain) · F. bulimoides (Prairie Fossaria) · F. cockerelli (Classification Uncertain) · F. cubensis (Carib Fossaria) · F. cyclostoma (Bugle Fossaria) · F. dalli (Dusky Fossaria) · F. exigua (Classification Uncertain) · F. galbana (Boreal Fossaria) · F. hendersoni (Classification Uncertain) · F. humilis (Marsh Fossaria) · F. modicella (Rock Fossaria) · F. obrussa (Golden Fossaria) · F. parva (Pygmy Fossaria) · F. peninsulae (Classification Uncertain) · F. perplexa (Classification Uncertain) · F. perpolita (Glossy Fossaria) · F. rustica (Classification Uncertain) · F. sonomaensis (Sonoma Fossaria) · F. tazewelliana (Tazwell Fossaria) · F. techella (Classification Uncertain) · F. truncatula (Attenuate Fossaria) · F. vancouverensis (Classification Uncertain) · F. viridis (Green Pond Snail)
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Further Reading
- Baker, F.C. 1911. The Lymnaeidae of North and middle America. Recent and fossil, pp. 1-539. The Chicago Academy of Sciences, Special Publication.
- Dall, W.H. 1905. Land and Freshwater Mollusks. Doubleday, Page and Company, New York.
- Falkner, G., Bank, R.A. and von Proschwitz, T. 2001. CLECOM Project: Checklist of the non-marine Molluscan Species-group taxa of the States of Northern, Atlantic and Central Europe. Heldia 4(1/2): 1-76.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 November 2011).
- Kantor, Y.I., Schileyko, A.A., Vinarski, M.V. and Sysoev, A.V. 2009. Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories.
- NatureServe. 2009. NatureServe Explore: An online encyclopaedia of life [web application]. Version 7.1. Arlington, Virginia Available at: http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/.
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.
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.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. 2011. Fossaria perpolita. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2687599
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-76517
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 76517
- IUCN ID: 209956
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASL1160
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 160024
Footnotes
- Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. 2011. Fossaria perpolita. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. ... [back]
