Peringia ulvae

Peringia ulvae
Shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Peringia
Species:
P. ulvae
Binomial name
Peringia ulvae
(Pennant, 1777)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
List
  • Assiminea recta Mousson, 1874 (dubious synonym)
  • Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777)
  • Hydrobia ulvae var. albida Jeffreys, 1867
  • Paludestrina bucheti Mabille, 1898 (dubious synonym)
  • Peringia castroi Locard, 1899
  • Peringia cyclolabris Bourguignat, 1876
  • Peringia lusitanica Locard, 1899
  • Peringia paulinoi Locard, 1899
  • Rissoa barleei Jeffreys, 1847
  • Turbo subumbilicatus Montagu, 1803
  • Turbo ulvæ Pennant, 1777

Peringia ulvae, commonly known as the Laver spire shell or mudsnail, is a European species of very small aquatic snail with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[2]

This is arguably a marine snail, but it is often also listed as a non-marine species because it tolerates brackish water and lives in salt marshes and similar habitats.

Peringia ulvae is the type species of the genus Peringia.[4]

  1. ^ Pennant T. (1777). British zoology. Vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. pp. 1-3, iii-viii, 1-10, 1-154, Plates 1-93. London, White. page 132.
  2. ^ a b Gofas, S. (2010). Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140126 on 2010-11-27.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Genus summary for Peringia". AnimalBase, last modified 16 August 2006, accessed 16 September 2011.