Campeloma
Encyclopedia
Campeloma is a genus
of gilled operculate
freshwater snail
s in the family
Viviparidae
. They are common in unpolluted rivers in the eastern United States
and southeastern Canada
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of gilled operculate
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
freshwater snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Viviparidae
Viviparidae
Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks....
. They are common in unpolluted rivers in the eastern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and southeastern Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Species
Species within the genus Campeloma include:- Campeloma brevispirum F. C. Baker, 1928
- Campeloma crassulum Rafinesque, 1819 - ponderous campeloma
- Campeloma decampi (W. G. Binney, 1865) - the slender campeloma
- Campeloma decisumCampeloma decisumCampeloma decisum, common name the pointed campeloma, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.-References:* ITIS info at:...
(Say, 1817) - pointed campeloma - Campeloma exile (Anthony, 1860)
- Campeloma floridense Call, 1886 - purple-throat campeloma
- Campeloma geniculum (Conrad, 1834) - ovate campeloma
- Campeloma gibbum (Currier, 1867)
- Campeloma leptum Mattox, 1940
- Campeloma lewisi Walker, 1915
- Campeloma limum (Anthony, 1860) - file campeloma
- Campeloma milesi (I. Lea, 1863)
- Campeloma parthenum Vail, 1979 - maiden campeloma
- Campeloma regulare (I. Lea, 1841) - cylinder campeloma
- Campeloma rufum (Haldeman, 1841)
- Campeloma subsolidum Anthony - anatomy
- Campeloma tannum Mattox, 1940