Hydrobia acuta neglecta

Hydrobia acuta neglecta is a European subspecies of small brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[2]

Hydrobia acuta neglecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Hydrobia
Species:
Hydrobia acuta
Trinomial name
Hydrobia acuta neglecta
Muus, 1963[1]
Synonyms
  • Hydrobia neglecta Muus, 1963

Distribution

This species which has a distribution type: oceanic temperate occurs on the coasts of the North Sea, in countries and islands including:

Ecology

Hydrobia acuta neglecta occurs in coastal lagoons where incoming freshwater dilutes sea water. The preferred salinity range is 10-24 ‰.[3]

Status

The status of this taxon is uncertain. Hydrobia neglecta is treated as a full species in Fauna Europaea,[4] but in 1995 it had been suggested that H. neglecta is a synonym of the Mediterranean Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud).[5] Then a neglecta colony in northern France was shown to be acuta.[6] In 2000 a molecular study concluded that north-west European populations were not specifically distinct from the Mediterranean Hydrobia acuta and designated them subspecies neglecta Muus.[7]

References
  1. Muus, B. J. (1963). "Some Danish Hydrobiidae with the description of a new species, Hydrobia neglecta". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 35 (2): 131-138.
  2. Gofas, S. (2010). Hydrobia acuta neglecta Muus, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465551 on 2010-05-05
  3. Fretter, V. & Graham, A. (1978). "The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark. Part 3 – Neritacea, Viviparacea, Valvatacea, terrestrial and freshwater Littorinacea and Rissoacea". Journal of Molluscan Studies. Suppl. 5: 1-152.
  4. Bank, R., von Proschwitz, T. & Falkner, G. (2006). Unpublished manuscript of the mollusca section of the Fauna Europaea web-site (http://www.faunaeur.org).
  5. Giusti, F., Manganelli, G. & Schembri, P. J. (1995). The Non-Marine Molluscs of the Maltese Islands. Monografie XV, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino.
  6. Hoeksema, D. F. (1998). "Note on the occurrence of Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae) in western Europe, with special reference to a record from S. Brittany, France". Basteria. 61: 101-113
  7. Wilke, T., Rolán, E. & Davis, G. M. (2000). "The mudsnail Genus Hydrobia s.s. in the northern Atlantic and western Mediterranean: a phylogenetic analysis". Marine Biology. 137: 827-833.
  • AnimalBase info and images at:
  • Hydrobia acuta neglecta Species account and photograph at Mollusc Ireland.
  • "Hydrobia acuta acuta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland Identification (Differences from the very similar species Ventrosia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803))


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