Amnicola dalli

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Peninsula amnicola
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Drawing of an apertural view of the shell and operculum of Amnicola dalli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Amnicolidae
Genus: Amnicola
Species:
A. dalli
Binomial name
Amnicola dalli
(Pilsbry & Beecher, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Amnicola johnsoniPilsbry, 1899 (junior synonym)
  • Lyogyrus dalliPilsbry & Beecher, 1892 (original combination)

Amnicola dalli, common name the peninsula amnicola, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae. [1]

Contents

The specific epithet is in honor of W. H. Dall.

Subspecies

Shell description

The shell is narrowly umbilicate, obtusely conical, and lustrous with a smooth surface and a light brown or greenish-horn coloration. It exhibits 4 convex whorls that gradually increase in size, separated by a regularly impressed, moderately deep suture.

The aperture is rounded anteriorly and somewhat angular posteriorly, with a bluish-white interior. The outer lip is simple, sharp, and connected by a thickened callus. The columella is moderately reflexed. [2]

The width of the shell is 2.30 mm. The height of the shell is 3.50 mm. [2]

Anatomy

Drawing of the radula of Amnicola dalli. Amnicola dalli radula.jpg
Drawing of the radula of Amnicola dalli.

The jaw is thin and membranaceous. [2]

The formula off the radula is: [2] 34-23-7- 3+1+31+1 -7-23-34.

Distribution

The type locality is mountain streams which are tributary to Pyramid Lake in northwestern Nevada. [2]

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References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference. [2]

  1. Amnicola dalli (Pilsbry & Beecher, 1892) . 23 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Call R. E. 1886. On certain recent, quaternary, and new fresh-water Mollusca. Proceeding Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, volume V., page 2-4, plate I, figure 6. (Radula description and images of radula are by Charles Emerson Beecher.)