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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Fontigens

Phylum
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Fontigens turritella

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Species

The Greenbrier cavesnail, scientific name Fontigens turritella, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

The Greenbrier River Valley (which has many caves), is in West Virginia.

References

Greenbrier cavesnail Wikipedia


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