greenbrier cavesnail

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| name = Greenbrier cavesnail

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| status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cordeiro, J. |date=2012 |title=Fontigens turritella |volume=2012 |page=e.T8641A3145855 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T8641A3145855.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Fontigens turritella

| authority = Hubricht, 1976

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The Greenbrier cavesnail (Fontigens turritella), is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

The Greenbrier River Valley (which has many caves), is in West Virginia.

References

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  • [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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Category:Molluscs of the United States

Category:Fontigens

Category:Hydrobiidae

Category:Cave snails

Category:Gastropods described in 1976

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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