Fluvidona anodonta

Fluvidona anodonta (North Pine River freshwater snail) is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Fluvidona anodonta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Fluvidona
Species:
F. anodonta
Binomial name
Fluvidona anodonta
(Hedley & Musson, 1892)
Synonyms[1]
  • Angrobia anodonta
  • Heterocyclus anodonta Hedley, 1893
  • Pupa anodonta Hedley & Musson, 1892

This species is endemic to Australia. It is only known from the upper South Pine River at Mount Glorious, Queensland.[1]

The North Pine River freshwater snail has a height of 2mm (= lower margin of aperture to tip of spire) and its tiny shell is of a light yellowish-white colour.[2]


Fluvidona anodonta (North Pine River freshwater snail) is a species of minute freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae. The species is endemic to Australia, inhibiting in the Moreton Bay River System.[3] The snail is found under rocks in small streams, creeks and waterfalls.[4] The North Pine River freshwater snail has a height of 2mm and the shell has a light yellowish-white colour.  In 2011, Fluvidona anodonta was listed as a vulnerable species, only being recorded 4 times since its discovery in 1892.[4] Habitat fragmentation and destruction and pollution are the largest habitatual threats to the extinction of the species.[3] There are no current species conservational efforts for the snail, only reports providing recommendations. These recommendations include protecting and monitoring the environment in which the snails inhabit.

See also

References
  1. Clark, S. (2011). "Fluvidona anodonta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T1291A3396669. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T1291A3396669.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "North Pine River Freshwater Snail Fluvidona anodonta" (PDF). Moreton Bay Regional Council. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  3. Haase, R., & Nolte, U. (2008). The invertebrate species index (ISI) for streams in southeast Queensland, Australia. Ecological Indicators, 8(5), 599–613.
  4. Miller, A., Ponder, W., & Clark, S. (1999). Freshwater snails of the genera Fluvidona and Austropyrgus (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia. Invertebrate Systematics, 13(3), 461–493.


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