Hydrobia acuta

Hydrobia acuta is a species of very small (4-6mm.) brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Hydrobia acuta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Hydrobia
Species:	H. acuta
Binomial name
Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)

Description

Draparnaud's description reads "Coquille ovale-oblongue, un peu conique, aiguë à son sommet, transparente, lisse, quoique marquée de légères stries lorsqu'on l'observe à la loupe. Dans son naturel elle une couleur verdàtre.La spire a six à sept tours. L'ouverture est ovale et le péristome simple.Fente ombilicale peu prononcée. Opercule mince et lisse. In English "Shell oval-oblong, slightly conical, acute at the top transparent, smooth, albeit marked with light streaks when it is observed under the microscope. In nature it is a greenish colour.The spire has six or seven whorls. The opening is oval and the peristome is simple.Little pronounced umbilical slot.Operculum thin and smooth.

Subspecies

• Hydrobia acuta neglecta Muus, 1963

Distribution

This species occurs on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea and, as a rare species in Ireland.

References

• AnimalBase info at: [1]

External links

• Habitas
• Images at: [2]
• Images at: Encyclopedia of Life [3]