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Marstonia

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Marstonia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderLittorinimorpha
  5. FamilyHydrobiidae
Habitatfreshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
40
With media
5
Family
Hydrobiidae
Collections
AUM, INHS, USNM, UF, JFBM, UMMZ
Recorded in
United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hydrobiidae
Image
Marstonia comalensis shell.png
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taxon name
Marstonia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Marstonia
Commons category
Marstonia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Distribution
  • Description
  • Species
  • References
  • Further reading

Marstonia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.

==Distribution == Species in the genus Marstonia are distributed in springs, streams and lakes in eastern North America. Most of these species have extremely narrow geographic ranges and consequently have become a focus of conservation activities; two are federally listed as endangered and others are variously listed by state wildlife agencies.

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