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Mimic cavesnail

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Rissooidea

Genus
  
Phreatodrobia

Higher classification
  
Phreatodrobia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Hydrobiidae

Scientific name
  
Phreatodrobia imitata

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Molluscs, Tumbling Creek ca, Cambarus

The mimic cavesnail, scientific name Phreatodrobia imitata, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

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Distribution

This species is endemic to the United States. Type locality is Verstraeten Well, Bexar County, Texas.

Description

The shell has 3.3-3.5 whorls. The average height of the shell is 1.01-1.03 mm.

References

Mimic cavesnail Wikipedia