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Slender campeloma

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Slender campeloma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Campeloma
Species:
C. decampi
Binomial name
Campeloma decampi
(W. G. Binney, 1865)
Synonyms

Melantho decampi Binney, 1865 (original combination)

The slender campeloma, scientific name Campeloma decampi, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States, where it is known only from Limestone County.[2]

This snail is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Campeloma decampi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T3709A10030421. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T3709A10030421.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Haggerty, T. M. and J. T. Garner. (2008). Distribution of the Armored Snail (Marstonia pachyta) and Slender Campeloma (Campeloma decampi) in Limestone, Piney, and Round Island Creeks, Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 7(4) 729-36.
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