Anchialine pool snail
The anchialine pool snail, scientific name Neritilia hawaiiensis, is a species living in brackish estuaries and in anchialine pools.[2] These snails have an operculum, and are aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritiliidae.
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| Species: | N. hawaiiensis |
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Distribution
This species is endemic to the islands of Hawaii, United States, and lives only in brackish estuaries and in anchialine pools,[2] which are marine pools that have no surface connection with the ocean but that are salty and that fluctuate in level with the tides.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Neritilia hawaiiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 07 August 2007.
- "Neritilia hawaiiensis" Archived June 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, accessed 19 May 2010.
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