Tulotoma magnifica, common name the Alabama live-bearing snail or tulotoma, is an endangered species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
| Tulotoma | |
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| A live Tulotoma magnifica on a mud substrate | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Genus: | Tulotoma Haldeman, 1840[4] |
| Species: | T. magnifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Tulotoma magnifica | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paludina magnifica Conrad, 1834 | |
Taxonomy edit
Tulotoma is a monotypic genus, in other words, this is the only species in the genus.
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to the Coosa River-Alabama River system in Alabama, United States.
Description edit
The shell of this species is large, solid, thick and imperforate. The shape of the shell is obtusely conic. The spire is elevated. The whorls are flattened, nodulous and carinated. The peristome is thin and continuous.[5] The shell can grow fairly large, to more than 25 mm in height. [1] The operculum is concentric, subtriangular, with the inner margin reflected and forming an elevated marginal fold.[5]
It is a species with a moderate foot, not produced beyond the snout.[clarification needed] The snout is small. The radula is multicuspid.[5]
References edit
- ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Tulotoma magnifica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T22444A9373341. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T22444A9373341.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Tulotoma magnifica. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
- ^ Conrad T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States : with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus Anculotus of Say: also a synopsis of the American Naiades. Philadelphia. Page 48-49. Plate 8, figure 4.
- ^ Haldeman S. S. (1840). A monograph of the freshwater univalve mollusca of the United States, including notices of species in other parts of North America 1(2): 34-36. Plate 11.
- ^ a b c Walker B. (1918). "A synopsis of the classification of the freshwater Mollusca of North America, north of Mexico, and a catalogue of the more recently described species, with notes". Miscellaneous Publications 6: 214 pp., 1 plate, 233 figures. page 26.
External links edit
- Tulotoma magnifica at U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service webpage
- Raines B. (25 July 2011). "A good news snail story: This Alabama snail's recovering from brink of extinction". blog.al.com
- Paper on the rediscovery of this species
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