Juga silicula, common name glassy juga,[2] is a small, freshwater snail found lotic water in Washington, Oregon, and northern California. It is dark reddish-brown in color with an ovate operculum and about 3.5 whorls.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Semisulcospiridae |
| Genus: | Juga |
| Species: | J. silicula
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| Juga silicula (Gould, 1847)
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Historically, J. silicula was abundant in its range.[4] It is currently considered a species of concern in Washington due to limited range, habitat degradation and anthropogenic factors.[5]
J. silicula acts as a first intermediate host for the trematode parasite Cephalouterina dicamptodoni.[4]
References
edit- ^ Ching, H. L. (1957). The morphology of Oxytrema silicula.
- ^ "Juga silicula, Glassy juga (Gould, 1847)". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ Strong, E. E. (2005). A morphological reanalysis of Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1831 and Elimia livescens (Menke, 1830)(Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae). Nautilus.
- ^ a b Poteet, M. F. (2006). Shifting roles of abiotic and biotic regulation of a multi-host parasite following disturbance. Disease Ecology. Oxford University Press, New York, 135-153.
- ^ Johannes, E. J. (2010). Freshwater mollusks found during a survey for Potamopyrgus antipodarum (New Zealand mudsnail) within a five-mile radius of Capitol Lake, Thurston County, Washington. The Dredgings, 50, 3-5.