| Ecrobia truncata | |
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| Ecrobia truncata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Ecrobia |
| Species: | E. truncata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ecrobia truncata (Vanatta, 1924) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Ecrobia truncata, common name the truncated marsh hydrobia or minute hydrobia, is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. [1]
This species can be found along the coasts of Virginia, Massachusetts and Canada, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and along the coasts of the British Isles and Scandinavia and in the Mediterranean Sea.
The maximum recorded shell length is 5.8 mm. [2] The small shell is elongate to ovate. Its color varies between pale brown and grayish with a glassy shine. The round whorls are smooth with deep sutures. The apex is in many cases eroded. The ovate aperture is characterized by a marked lip edge.
The dark brown to almost black head shows white spots on the tentacles and on the neck and a black spot in front of each eye.
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 3.7 m. [2] The minute hydrobia can be found on seaweeds and mud close to the banks of brackish marshes and estuaries.
The minute hydrobia is a secondary host of a parasitic fluke, Homalometron pallidum . This has a complex life cycle with the adult phase being found in a small fish, the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus. [3]
Euspira heros, the northern moon snail, is a species of large sea snail in the family Naticidae. This large snail is rather uncommon intertidally, but is much more common subtidally. This species, like all moon snails, feeds voraciously on clams and other snails.
Peringia ulvae, common name the Laver spire shell or mudsnail, is a European species of very small aquatic snail with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
Mya truncata, common name the blunt gaper or truncate softshell, is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Myidae.
Ecrobia ventrosa, common name spire snail, is a European species of small brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
Curtitoma incisula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Curtitoma violacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Propebela turricula, common name the turreted conelet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Admete viridula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Testudinalia testudinalis, common name the common tortoise limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. It is commonly known as the plant limpet or tortoiseshell limpet.
Ariadnaria borealis, common name the boreal hairysnail, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.
Polinices immaculatus, common name the immaculate moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Euspira triseriata, common name the spotted moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Spurwinkia salsa is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.
Ecrobia is a genus of very small aquatic snails, operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.
Onoba mighelsii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Sayella fusca, common name the brown sayella, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Turbonilla bushiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Homalometron pallidum is a species of marine trematodes in the family Apocreadiidae. It is an endoparasite of the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus, a small fish found in brackish water along the east coast of the United States and Canada. It has a complex life cycle and lives inside several different host species at different stages.
Aclis tenuis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Hypermastus randolphi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. Bartsch and Vanatta are the major contributors to the taxonomic synonymy of this species of Caenogastropoda.
