Fluminicola nuttallianus

Fluminicola nuttallianus
Fluminicola nuttallianus shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Fluminicola
Species:
F. nuttallianus
Binomial name
Fluminicola nuttallianus
(Lea, 1838)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Anculotus nuttalii Reeve, 1861
  • Paludina nuttalliana Lea, 1838

Fluminicola nuttallianus, common name dusky pebblesnail, is a possibly extinct[1] species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.[4]

Fluminicola nuttallianus is the type species of the genus Fluminicola.[5]

Distribution

This species occurs, or occurred, in Oregon, USA.[1]

Description

Fluminicola nuttallianus has several rows of teeth on its radula - the exact number is unknown.[6] Each row has 2-3 central basocones, 4-5 central octocones, 7-8 lateral teeth, around 16 inner marginal teeth and 12-13 outer marginal teeth.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 NatureServe. "Fluminicola nuttallianus". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Lea I. (1838). "Description of New Freshwater and Land Shells". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 6: 1-154. page 101, plate XXIII, figure 89.
  3. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Fluminicola nuttallianus (I. Lea, 1838)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
  5. ↑ Hershler, Robert; Frest, T. J. (1996). "A review of the North American freshwater snail Genus Fluminicola (Hydrobiidae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.583.
  6. 1 2 Institute of Malacology; University of Michigan. Museum of Zoology. Mollusk Division (1962). Malacologia. Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University. [Ann Arbor, Institute of Malacology].