Thickshell pondsnail

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Thickshell pondsnail
Stagnicola utahensis.jpg
Drawing of apertural view of the shell of Ladislavella utahensis.
Status iucn3.1 CR.svg
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Status TNC GX.svg
Presumed Extinct  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Ladislavella
Species:
L. utahensis
Binomial name
Ladislavella utahensis
(Call, 1884) [3]
Synonyms
  • Radix ampla var. utahensisCall, 1884
  • Radix utahensis(Call, 1884)
  • Galba utahensis(Call, 1884)
  • Polyrhytis utahensis(Call, 1884)
  • Stagnicola utahensis(Call, 1884)

Ladislavella utahensis, common name the thickshell pondsnail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. This species is endemic to Utah Lake in the United States. The last living snails were found in the early 1930s.

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Shell description

The shell is globose, somewhat umbilicated and irregularly costate. The color of the shell is light horn and nearly pellucid. The spire is rather small and conical. The shell has from 4 to 4 and half convex whorls, that are somewhat flattened above, giving rather a shouldered appearance to the whorls. Whorls are rapidly increasing in size. The last whorl is inflated, with numerous rather marked transverse costae and minutely wrinkled. The suture is somewhat deep, regularly impressed. [4]

The aperture is elongately ovate, effuse, approaching patulous and pearly white within. The outer lip is simple and its margin is connected by a slight calcareous deposit. The columella is somewhat twisted, but straight in front. [4]

The average width of the shell of Ladislavella utahensis is 7.10 mm. The average height of the shell is 13.40 mm. The maximum width of the shell is 8.88 mm. The height of the shell is 16.82 mm. The width of the aperture is 5.90 mm. The height of the apeture is 9.00 mm. [4]

Anatomy

The anatomy of the radula was not published. [4] (cf. [5] )

Distribution

This species is endemic to Utah [2] and it is known only from Utah Lake. The type locality is Lake Utah, Lehi, Utah. [4]

The species was already considered "rare" in Utah Lake in the 1880s. [4]

The most recent living examples were found in 1933. [5]

Ecology

This species was associated with abundant individuals of the snails Valvata utahensis and Fluminicola fusca and with the bivalve Sphaerium dentatum . [4]

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References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference [4]

  1. ↑ Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2012). "Stagnicola utahensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T20706A2773078. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T20706A2773078.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Ladislavella utahensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Call R. E. (1884). Bull. U. S. Geol. Sur.11: p. 47, plate VI., figures 7-9.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Call R. E. (1886). "On certain recent, quaternary, and new fresh-water Mollusca". Proceeding Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences 5: page 5, plate I, figure 7-9.
  5. 1 2 "Thickshell Pondsnail - Stagnicola utahensis". fieldguide.wildlife.utah.gov. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources . Retrieved 26 October 2023.
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