Semisalsa stagnorum

Semisalsa stagnorum
Apertural view of the shell of Semisalsa stagnorum.
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cochliopidae
Genus:	Eupaludestrina
Species:	E. stagnorum
Binomial name
Eupaludestrina stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
Heleobia (Semisalsa) stagnorum(Gmelin, 1791) (Semisalsa has genus level) Heleobia stagnorum(Gmelin, 1791) Helix stagnorum Gmelin, 1791 Hydrobia scamandriBoeters, Monod & Vala, 1977 † Hydrobia stagnalis(Baster, 1765) † Hydrobia stagnalis stagnalis(Baster, 1765) Hydrobia stagnorum(Gmelin, 1791) Paludestrina bigugliana Caziot, 1908 Semisalsa graecaRadoman, 1974 Semisalsa rausianaRadoman, 1974 Semisalsa scamandri(Boeters, Monod & Vala, 1977)

Semisalsa stagnorum is a species of small brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae. ^[1]

There are fossil records (Hydrobia stagnalis and it's subspecies: H.s.stagnalis, H.s.andrusovi) from Hungary, Austria and Czech Republic.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Semisalsa stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153928 on 2014-11-14

• Bouchet, P. 1996. Hydrobia scamandri.
• 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
• Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN   0-948150-06-8. vi, 508