Enterprise siltsnail
| Enterprise siltsnail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Floridobia |
| Species: | F. monroensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Floridobia monroensis (Dall, 1885)
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The Enterprise siltsnail, also known as the Enterprise spring snail, scientific name Floridobia monroensis, is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails.
This species is endemic to Benson's Mineral Spring, in Florida.[2] It is named after the settlement of Enterprise, which is or was near Lake Monroe in Volusia County, Florida.
References
[edit]- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Floridobia monroensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4872A11101624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4872A11101624.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Schultheis, Alicia S.; Kellmann, Cailin R. (1 March 2013). "Cyanobacteria-Rich Diet Reduces Growth Rates of the Hyacinth Siltsnail Floridobia floridana:(Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)". Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation. 13 (1): 1–8. doi:10.31931/fmbc.v16i1.2013.1-8.
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