Valvata tricarinata

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Valvata tricarinata
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Drawing: apertural view of shell of Valvata tricarinata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Valvatidae
Genus: Valvata
Species:
V. tricarinata
Binomial name
Valvata tricarinata
Say, 1817
Synonyms

Cyclostoma tricarinataSay, 1817 (original combination)

Contents

Valvata tricarinata, common name the three-ridge valvata or threeridge valvata, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in North America.

Shell description

There is great variation in the degree of carination of the shell. [2]

Paleontology

Valvata tricarinata is abundant in nearly all lacustrine and fluviatile deposits in North America of the Pleistocene period. The fossil shells are more variable than the Recent ones. [2] Eight forms or subspecies were described. [2]

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References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference. [2]

  1. Seddon, M.B.; Lepitzki, D. (2017). "Valvata tricarinata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T189129A80973880. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T189129A80973880.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Frank C. Baker. July 1921. New forms of Pleistocene molluks of Illinois. The Nautilus, volume 35, number 1, 22–24.