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Marstonia
Sign in to saveMarstonia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyHydrobiidae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Hydrobiidae
- Collections
- AUM, INHS, USNM, UF, JFBM, UMMZ
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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Marstonia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.
==Distribution == Species in the genus Marstonia are distributed in springs, streams and lakes in eastern North America. Most of these species have extremely narrow geographic ranges and consequently have become a focus of conservation activities; two are federally listed as endangered and others are variously listed by state wildlife agencies.
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