Amnicola limosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Amnicolidae |
Genus: | Amnicola |
Species: | A. limosus
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Binomial name | |
Amnicola limosus | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Amnicola limosus, common name the mud amnicola, is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. [3]
This species is distributed in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and along the Gulf of Maine. Amnicola limosus limosus has been found in Utah. [4]
The type locality is Delaware River and Schuylkill River. [1]
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Amnicola limosus is the first intermediate host for the trematode Metorchis conjunctus. [5]