Pygmy siltsnail

The pygmy siltsnail, scientific name Floridobia parva, is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

Pygmy siltsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Floridobia
Species:
F. parva
Binomial name
Floridobia parva
(Thompson, 1968)
Synonyms
  • Cincinnatia parva Thompson, 1968

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Floridobia parva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4873A11101751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4873A11101751.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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