Assiminea_infima

Badwater snail

Badwater snail

Species of gastropod

The Badwater snail (Angustassiminea infima) is a species of minute, salt marsh snail endemic to the Badwater Basin in Death Valley. It is found only at low elevations near spring sources, and only in regions with relatively low precipitation. It is capable of living completely submerged in the spring water.

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...

The species was described in 1947.[2][3]

Water level decreases and trampling from hikers threaten the Badwater snail, and as of 2001 the Badwater snail is at only approximately 15% of their natural population distribution. [4]

References

  1. [1]
    Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Assiminea infirma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2179A9319797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2179A9319797.en.
  2. [2]
    Berry, S. S. (1947). "A surprising molluscan discovery in Death Valley". Leaflets in Malacology. 1: 5–8.
  3. [3]
    (2019). WoRMS Mollusca: MolluscaBase (version 2018-12-06). In: Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 24 December 2018. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
  4. [4]
    Sada, Donald W. (2001). "Demography and Habitat Use of the Badwater Snail (Assiminea infima), with observations on its conservation status, Death Valley National Park, California, U.S.A". Hydrobiologia. 466 (1/3): 255–265. doi:10.1023/A:1014505415871.
  • 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


Stub icon

This Assimineidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Assiminea_infima, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.