Amnicola limosus

Amnicola limosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Amnicolidae
Genus:	Amnicola
Species:	A. limosus
Binomial name
	Amnicola limosus; (Say, 1817)
Synonyms
	Paludina limosa Say, 1817; Amnicola limosa Say, 1817; Lagochilus studeri Suter, 1896; Paludina porata Say, 1821;

Amnicola limosus, common name the mud amnicola, is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.^[3]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and along the Gulf of Maine. Amnicola limosus limosus has been found in Utah.^[4]

Amnicola limosus is the first intermediate host for the trematode Metorchis conjunctus.^[5]

^ ^a ^b Say T. (1817). "Descriptions of new species of land and fresh water shells of the United States". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(6): 123-126. pages 125-126.
^ Bouchet P. (2015). Amnicola limosus (Say, 1817). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159974 on 2015-12-27
^ Amnicola limosus (Say, 1817). WoRMS (2010). Amnicola limosus (Say, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159974 on 9 August 2010 .
^ "Amnicola limosus". Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
^ Chai J. Y., Darwin Murrell K. & Lymbery A. J. (2005). "Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses: Status and issues". International Journal for Parasitology 35(11-12): 1233-1254. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.07.013.

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