Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Spiny River Snail, Spiny Riversnail
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater
Ecology: Rapid well oxygenated waters of shoals and riffles of rivers , but not in slack water below shoals. Feeding on algal coating of rocks. Water depth up to 1.5 m. Lays between 20-100 eggs , which begin to hatch after 15 days.[1]
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Snails and Slugs
- Order:
Neotaenioglossa
()
- Family:
Chalcidoidea
()
- Genus:
Io
()
- Specific name:
fluvialis
- (Say, 1825)
- Scientific name: - Io fluvialis (Say, 1825)
- Specific name:
fluvialis
- (Say, 1825)
- Genus:
Io
(
- Family:
Chalcidoidea
(
- Order:
Neotaenioglossa
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Io
There are approximately 9 species in this genus:
I. brevis · I. cambojiensis · I. fluvialis (Spiny River Snail) · I. fusiformis · I. recta · I. robusta · I. schomburghii · I. spinosa · I. turrita
More Info
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- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- 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. & Seddon, M.B. (Mollusc Specialist Group) 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 07, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5320590
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-71537
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13752531
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 71537
- IUCN ID: 10838
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASK3010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3610
Footnotes
- Bogan, A.E. & Seddon, M.B. (Mollusc Specialist Group) 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
