Texadina sphinctostoma
| Texadina sphinctostoma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cochliopidae |
| Genus: | Texadina |
| Species: | T. sphinctostoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Texadina sphinctostoma (Abbott & Ladd, 1951) | |
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Texadina sphinctostoma, commonly known as the narrowmouth hydrobe,[2] is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusc in the family Cochliopidae.[1]
Distribution and habitat
Texadina sphinctostoma is known from the brackish waters of eastern Mexico and from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in the United States.[2] It occurs at depths of up to 4 m (13 ft).[3]
Description
References
- 1 2 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.). "Texadina sphinctostoma (Abbott & Ladd, 1951)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- 1 2 Heard, Richard W.; Overstreet, Robin M.; Foster, John M. (2002). "Hydrobiid Snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissooidea) from St. Andrew Bay, Florida". Gulf and Caribbean Research. 14 (1): 25–28. doi:10.18785/gcr.1401.02.
- 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.