- Enterprise siltsnail
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Enterprise siltsnail Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Rissooidea Family: Hydrobiidae Genus: Cincinnatia Species: C. monroensis Binomial name Cincinnatia monroensis
Dall, 1885The Enterprise siltsnail, also known as the Enterprise spring snail, scientific name Cincinnatia 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 the United States. It is named after the settlement of Enterprise, which is or was near Lake Monroe in Volusia County, Florida.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Cincinnatia monroensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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