Thickshell pondsnail

Thickshell pondsnail
Drawing of apertural view of the shell of Ladislavella utahensis.

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Presumed Extinct  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Ladislavella
Species:
L. utahensis
Binomial name
Ladislavella utahensis
(Call, 1884)[3]
Synonyms
  • Radix ampla var. utahensis Call, 1884
  • Radix utahensis (Call, 1884)
  • Galba utahensis (Call, 1884)
  • Polyrhytis utahensis (Call, 1884)
  • Stagnicola utahensis (Call, 1884)

Ladislavella utahensis, common name the thickshell pondsnail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. This species is endemic to Utah Lake in the United States. The last living snails were found in the early 1930s.

  1. ^ Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2012). "Stagnicola utahensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T20706A2773078. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T20706A2773078.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Ladislavella utahensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ^ Call R. E. (1884). Bull. U. S. Geol. Sur. 11: p. 47, plate VI., figures 7-9.