Amnicola dalli

Peninsula amnicola
Drawing of an apertural view of the shell and operculum of Amnicola dalli
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Amnicolidae
Genus: Amnicola
Species:
A. dalli
Binomial name
Amnicola dalli
(Pilsbry & Beecher, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Amnicola johnsoni Pilsbry, 1899 (junior synonym)
  • Lyogyrus dalli Pilsbry & Beecher, 1892 (original combination)

Amnicola dalli, common name the peninsula amnicola, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae. [1]

The specific epithet is in honor of W. H. Dall.

Subspecies

  • Amnicola dalli johnsoni (Pilsbry, 1899) North Peninsula Amnicola - image

Shell description

The shell is narrowly umbilicate, obtusely conical, and lustrous with a smooth surface and a light brown or greenish-horn coloration. It exhibits 4 convex whorls that gradually increase in size, separated by a regularly impressed, moderately deep suture.

The aperture is rounded anteriorly and somewhat angular posteriorly, with a bluish-white interior. The outer lip is simple, sharp, and connected by a thickened callus. The columella is moderately reflexed.[2]

The width of the shell is 2.30 mm. The height of the shell is 3.50 mm.[2]

Anatomy

The jaw is thin and membranaceous.[2]

The formula off the radula is:[2] 34-23-7- 3+1+31+1 -7-23-34.

Distribution

The type locality is mountain streams which are tributary to Pyramid Lake in northwestern Nevada.[2]

References

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

  1. ^ Amnicola dalli (Pilsbry & Beecher, 1892). 23 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Call R. E. 1886. On certain recent, quaternary, and new fresh-water Mollusca. Proceeding Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, volume V., page 2-4, plate I, figure 6. (Radula description and images of radula are by Charles Emerson Beecher.)
  • Johnson, P. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Brown, K. M.; Burkhead, N. M.; Cordeiro, J. R.; Garner, J. T.; Hartfield, P. D.; Lepitzki, D. A. W.; Mackie, G. L.; Tarpley, T. A.; Tiemann, J. S.; Whelan, N. V.; Strong, E. E. (2013). "Conservation status of freshwater gastropods of Canada and the United States". Fisheries. 38 (6).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)