Amnicola

Amnicola
Drawing of the shell of Amnicola dalli with an operculum.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Amnicolidae
Subfamily: Amnicolinae
Genus: Amnicola
Gould & Haldeman, 1840
Synonyms
  • Amnicola (Amnicola) A. Gould & Haldeman, 1840 alternative representation
  • Amnicola (Euamnicola) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1891 junior subjective synonym
  • Euamnicola Crosse & P. Fischer, 1891 junior subjective synonym
  • Hydrobia (Amnicola) A. Gould & Haldeman, 1841

Amnicola is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have an operculum. Amnicola species are aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Amnicolidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Amnicola is the type genus of the family Amnicolidae.