The slender campeloma, scientific name Campeloma decampi, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
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| Species: | C. decampi
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| Campeloma decampi (W. G. Binney, 1865)
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Melantho decampi Binney, 1865 (original combination) | |
This species is endemic to Alabama in the United States, where it is known only from Limestone County.[2]
This snail is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.[2]
References edit
- ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Campeloma decampi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T3709A10030421. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T3709A10030421.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b Haggerty, T. M. and J. T. Garner. (2008). Distribution of the Armored Snail (Marstonia pachyta) and Slender Campeloma (Campeloma decampi) in Limestone, Piney, and Round Island Creeks, Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 7(4) 729-36.
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