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Anchialine pool snail

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Anchialine pool snail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritiliidae
Genus: Neritilia
Species:
N. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Neritilia hawaiiensis
Kay, 1979

The anchialine pool snail, scientific name Neritilia hawaiiensis, is a species living in brackish estuaries and in anchialine pools.[2] These snails have an operculum, and are aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritiliidae.

Distribution

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This species is endemic to the islands of Hawaii, United States, and lives only in brackish estuaries and in anchialine pools,[2] which are marine pools that have no surface connection with the ocean but that are salty and that fluctuate in level with the tides.

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Neritilia hawaiiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14624A4450084. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14624A4450084.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Neritilia hawaiiensis" Archived June 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, accessed 19 May 2010.