Marstonia scalariformis | |
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Drawing of apertural view of the shell of Marstonia scalariformis. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Hydrobiidae |
Subfamily: | Nymphophilinae |
Genus: | Marstonia |
Species: | M. scalariformis |
Binomial name | |
Marstonia scalariformis (Wolf, 1869) [2] | |
Synonyms | |
Pyrgula scalariformis Wolf, 1869 Contents |
Marstonia scalariformis, previously known as Pyrgulopsis scalariformis, common name the moss pyrg, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.
The shell is turreted, slender. The shell has 6 whorls. The shell is chalky white in color. The suture is deeply impressed. The shell is carinate in its entire length on the lower edge of the whorls. [3]
The aperture is small, ovate, but slightly connected with the last whorl. [3]
The height of the shell is 12.7 mm (½ inch). [3]
The body of the animal is white. [4]
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Distribution of Marstonia scalariformis include Illinois, [5] Alabama, [6] Iowa and Missouri. [1]
This species was abundant on its type locality on the Tazewell shore of the Illinois River in 1880s. [3]
This species is critically imperiled. [1]
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This article incorporates public domain text from reference. [3]