Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Mexipyrgus De Escobeda Snail
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Taxonomy
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- 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:
Littorinimorpha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
()
- Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily:
Rissooidea
()
- J.E. Gray, 1847
- Family:
Hydrobiidae
()
- Stimpson, 1865
- Genus:
Mexipyrgus
()
- Specific name:
churinceanus
- Taylor, 1966
- Subspecies:
escobedae
- Scientific name: - Mexipyrgus churinceanus escobedae Taylor, 1966
- Subspecies:
escobedae
- Specific name:
churinceanus
- Taylor, 1966
- Genus:
Mexipyrgus
(
- Family:
Hydrobiidae
(
- Superfamily:
Rissooidea
(
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Littorinimorpha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Mexipyrgus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. churinceanus (Mexipyrgus De Churince Snail) · M. churinceanus carranzae (Mexipyrgus De Carranza Snail) · M. churinceanus churinceanus (Mexipyrgus De Churince Snail) · M. churinceanus escobedae (Mexipyrgus De Escobeda Snail) · M. churinceanus lugoi (Mexipyrgus De Lugo Snail) · M. churinceanus mojarralis (Mexipyrgus De West El Mojarral Snail) · M. churinceanus multilineatus (Mexipyrgus De East El Mojarral Snail) · M. churinceanus quadripaludium (Mexipyrgus De Churince Snail)
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Wells, S.M., Pyle, R.M. and Collins, N.M. (compilers) 1983. The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
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Contributors
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Seddon, M.B. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Seddon, M.B. 1996. Mexipyrgus churinceanus ssp. escobedae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5757130
- IUCN ID: 36296
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1018950
Footnotes
- Seddon, M.B. 1996. Mexipyrgus churinceanus ssp. escobedae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
