Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Rissooidea Genus Hydrobia Higher classification Hydrobia | Phylum Mollusca Family Hydrobiidae Scientific name Hydrobia neglecta Rank Species | |
Similar Hydrobia, Hydrobia acuta, Spire snail, Hydrobiidae, Molluscs | ||
Hydrobia acuta neglecta is a European subspecies of small brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
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Distribution
This species which has a distribution type: Oceanic Temperate occurs on the coasts of the North Sea, in countries and islands including:
Ecology
Hydrobia acuta neglecta occurs in coastal lagoons where incoming freshwaters dilute sea water. The preferred salinity range is 10-24 ‰
Status
The status of this taxon is uncertain.Hydrobia neglecta is treated as a full species in Fauna Europaea but in 1995 it had been suggested that H. neglecta is a synonym of the Mediterranean Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud). Then a neglecta colony in northern France was shown to be acuta. In (2000) a molecular study concluded that north-west European populations were not specifically distinct from the Mediterranean Hydrobia acuta and designated them subspecies neglecta Muus.