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Tapered cavesnail

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Tapered cavesnail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Fontigentidae
Genus: Fontigens
Species:
F. holsingeri
Binomial name
Fontigens holsingeri
Hubricht, 1976

The tapered cavesnail, scientific name Fontigens holsingeri, is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Fontigens holsingeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T8640A12924169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8640A12924169.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.