Enterprise siltsnail
| Enterprise siltsnail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Floridobia |
| Species: | F. monroensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Floridobia monroensis (Dall, 1885) | |
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The Enterprise siltsnail, also known as the Enterprise spring snail, scientific name Floridobia monroensis, is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails.
This species is endemic to Benson's Mineral Spring, in Florida.[4] It is named after the settlement of Enterprise, which is or was near Lake Monroe in Volusia County, Florida.
Like other Floridobia siltsnails, F. monroensis grazes on periphyton and fine detritus on submerged surfaces in clear spring runs. In Florida’s thermally stable springs, it reproduces through much of the year, a typical pattern for the genus.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Floridobia monroensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T4872A11101624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4872A11101624.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ NatureServe. "Floridobia monroensis". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Floridobia monroensis (Dall, 1885)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ Schultheis, Alicia S.; Kellmann, Cailin R. (1 March 2013). "Cyanobacteria-Rich Diet Reduces Growth Rates of the Hyacinth Siltsnail Floridobia floridana:(Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)". Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation. 13 (1): 1–8. doi:10.31931/fmbc.v16i1.2013.1-8.
- ↑ Thompson, F. G.; Hershler, R. (2002). "Two genera of North American freshwater snails: Marstonia Baker, 1926, resurrected to generic status, and Floridobia, new genus (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae: Nymphophilinae)". The Veliger. 45 (4): 355–369.
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