Enterprise siltsnail

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The Enterprise siltsnail, also known as the Enterprise spring snail, scientific name Floridobia monroensis, is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails.

Enterprise siltsnail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Floridobia
Species:
F. monroensis
Binomial name
Floridobia monroensis
(Dall, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Cincinnatia monroensis (Dall, 1885)

This species is endemic to Benson's Mineral Spring, in Florida.[2] It is named after the settlement of Enterprise, which is or was near Lake Monroe in Volusia County, Florida.

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Floridobia monroensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4872A11101624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4872A11101624.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Schultheis, Alicia S.; Kellmann, Cailin R. (1 March 2013). "Cyanobacteria-Rich Diet Reduces Growth Rates of the Hyacinth Siltsnail Floridobia floridana:(Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)". Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation. 13 (1): 1–8. doi:10.31931/fmbc.v16i1.2013.1-8.