Antrorbis breweri

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Antrorbis breweri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Antrorbis
Species:
A. breweri
Binomial name
Antrorbis breweri
Hershler & F. G. Thompson, 1990 [2]
Synonyms [2]
  • Horatia sp. Hubricht, 1940 [3]
  • Horatia micra
  • Antrobia breweriHershler & F. G. Thompson, 1990 [orth. error on IUCN Red List]

Antrorbis breweri, common name Manitou cavesnail, is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae. [2]

Contents

The specific name breweri is in honor of Dr. Stephen Brewer, the owner of Manitou Cave. [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States, and it is known only from its type locality. [1] The type locality is Manitou Cave, Little Wills Valley, Coosa River Basin, Fort Payne, Alabama. [2]

Description

The shape of the shell is discoidal. [2] The shell has 2.5-3.0 whorls. [2]

The width of the shell is 1.53-1.79 mm. [2] The height of the shell is 0.80-0.98 mm. [2]

The length of the whole animal is 2.7-3.0 mm. [2]

Ecology

Antrorbis breweri lives in cool stream in Manitou Cave. [2] It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Antrobia breweri[sic]". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000: e.T29626A9507148. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T29626A9507148.en . Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Hershler R. & Thompson F. G. (1990). "Antrorbis breweri, a new genus and species of hydrobiid cavesnail (Gastropoda) from Coosa River Basin, northeastern Alabama". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(l): 197-204. PDF.
  3. Hubricht L. (1940). "A subterranean snail from an artesian well". The Nautilis 54(1): 34-35.