Hydrobia acuta neglecta
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Hydrobia acuta neglecta is an European subspecies of small brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[2]
Distribution
This species which has a distribution type: Oceanic Temperate occurs on the coasts of the North Sea, in countries and islands including:
- Iceland
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- France
Ecology
Hydrobia acuta neglecta occurs in coastal lagoons where incoming freshwaters dilute sea water. The preferred salinity range is 10-24 ‰ [3]
Status
The status of this taxon is uncertain.Hydrobia neglecta is treated as a full species in Fauna Europaea[4] but in 1995 it had been suggested that H. neglecta is a synonym of the Mediterranean Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud).[5] Then a neglecta colony in northern France was shown to be acuta.[6] 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.[7]
References
- ^ Muus B. J. (1963). "Some Danish Hydrobiidae with the description of a new species, Hydrobia neglecta". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 35(2): 131-138.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2010). Hydrobia acuta neglecta Muus, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465551 on 2010-05-05
- ^ Fretter, V. & Graham, A. (1978) The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark. Part 3 – Neritacea, Viviparacea, Valvatacea, terrestrial and freshwater Littorinacea and Rissoacea. Journal of Molluscan Studies Suppl. 5: 1-152.
- ^ Bank, R., von Proschwitz, T. and Falkner, G. 2006.Unpublished manuscript of the mollusca section of the Fauna Europea web-site (http://www.faunaeur.org).
- ^ Giusti, F., Manganelli, G. & Schembri, P. J. (1995) The non-marine molluscs of the Maltese Islands. Monografie XV, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino
- ^ Hoeksema, D. F. (1998) Note on the occurrence of Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae) in western Europe, with special reference to a record from S. Brittany, France. Basteria 61: 101-113
- ^ Wilke, T., Rolán, E. & Davis, G. M. (2000) The mudsnail Genus Hydrobia s.s. in the northern Atlantic and western Mediterranean: a phylogenetic analysis. Marine Biology. 137: 827-833.
External links
- AnimalBase info and images at: [1]
- Hydrobia acuta neglecta Species account and photograph at Mollusc Ireland.
- gastropods.com Images
- Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland Identification (Differences from the very similar species Ventrosia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803))
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