Badwater snail
| Badwater snail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Assimineidae |
| Genus: | Assiminea |
| Species: | A. infima |
| Binomial name | |
| Assiminea infima S.S. Berry, 1947 | |
The Badwater snail, scientific name Assiminea infima, is a species of minute, salt marsh snail; of the Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, United States.
The Badwater snail are found only at low elevations near spring sources, and only in regions with relatively low precipitation. They are capable of living completely submerged in the spring water.
This species is endemic to the Mojave Desert in California.
References
- Berry, S. S. "A surprising molluscan discovery in Death Valley." Leaflets in Malacology 1 (1947): 5-8.
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Assiminea infima.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- 2013 Encyclopedia of Life, Assiminea infima Downloaded on 6 June 2013
- Johnson, P.D., Bogan, A.E., Brown, K.M., Burkhead, N.M., Cordeiro, J.R., Garner, J.T., Hartfield, P.D., Lepitzki, D.A.W., Mackie, G.L., Pip, E., Tarpley, T.A., Tiemann, J.S., Whelan, N.V. and Strong, E.E. 2013. Conservation Status of Freshwater Gastropods of Canada and the United States. Fisheries 38(6): 247-282
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