Species: Menetus opercularis
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Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Basommatophora
Family
Planorbidae
Genus
Menetus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Mollusks - Freshwater Snails
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mollusca - Gastropoda - Basommatophora - Planorbidae - Menetus - Taylor (1981) considers OPERCULARIS to be confined to its type locality in California (now extinct), and CALLIOGLYPTUS as the first available name in this group instead of OPERCULARIS. Genetic examination of molecular phylogeny of global Planorboidea at the COI and 18S molecular markers indicates all North American taxa within the subfamily Planorbinae form a well-supported clade, as yet unnamed but termed C-Clade (Albrecht et al., 2007).
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2000-06-22
Global Status Last Changed
2000-06-22
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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