Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Rocky Mountain Capshell
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Snails and Slugs
- Order:
Basommatophora
()
- Family:
Mimallonoidea
()
- Genus:
Acroloxus
()
- Beck, 1838
- Specific name:
coloradensis
- (J. Henderson, 1930)
- Scientific name: - Acroloxus coloradensis (J. Henderson, 1930)
- Specific name:
coloradensis
- (J. Henderson, 1930)
- Genus:
Acroloxus
(
- Family:
Mimallonoidea
(
- Order:
Basommatophora
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 16-Dec-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Acroloxus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. coloradensis (Rocky Mountain Capshell) · A. improvisus · A. lacustris · A. macedonicus · A. tetensi
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 412.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931- ENG url p. 62.
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2687569
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-76475
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 76475
- IUCN ID: 315
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASK8010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1384
