Juga silicula

Juga silicula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Semisulcospiridae
Genus:	Juga
Species:	J. silicula
Binomial name
Juga silicula (Gould, 1847)
Synonyms [1]
Melania silicula(Gould) Goniobasis silicula(Lea, 1862)

Juga silicula, common name glassy juga, ^[2] is a small, freshwater snail found lotic water in Washington, Oregon, and northern California. It is dark reddish-brown in color with an ovate operculum and about 3.5 whorls. ^[3]

Historically, J. silicula was abundant in its range. ^[4] It is currently considered a species of concern in Washington due to limited range, habitat degradation and anthropogenic factors. ^[5]

J. silicula acts as a first intermediate host for the trematode parasite Cephalouterina dicamptodoni . ^[4]

References

1. Ching, H. L. (1957). The morphology of Oxytrema silicula.
2. "Juga silicula, Glassy juga (Gould, 1847)". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
3. Strong, E. E. (2005). A morphological reanalysis of Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1831 and Elimia livescens (Menke, 1830)(Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae). Nautilus.
4. Poteet, M. F. (2006). Shifting roles of abiotic and biotic regulation of a multi-host parasite following disturbance. Disease Ecology. Oxford University Press, New York, 135-153.
5. Johannes, E. J. (2010). Freshwater mollusks found during a survey for Potamopyrgus antipodarum (New Zealand mudsnail) within a five-mile radius of Capitol Lake, Thurston County, Washington. The Dredgings, 50, 3-5.