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Hood ancylid

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Planorboidea

Subfamily
  
Bulininae

Scientific name
  
Ferrissia mcneili

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Planorbidae

Tribe
  
Miratestini

Higher classification
  
Ferrissia

Similar
  
Ferrissia, Ancylus, Planorbidae

Ferrissia mcneili, common name the hood ancylid, is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

Distribution

This freshwater limpet is endemic to the United States.

References

Hood ancylid Wikipedia