Valvata sincera

Mossy valvata
Apertural view of a shell of Valvata sincera
Basal view of a shell of Valvata sincera
Conservation status
NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Valvatoidea
Family:	Valvatidae
Genus:	Valvata
Species:	V. sincera
Binomial name
Valvata sincera Say, 1824
Subspecies
V. s. sincera – Ribbed Valve Snail V. s. helicoidea – Northern Valve Snail V. s. ontariensis – Loosely Coiled Valve Snail[2]

Valvata sincera, common name the mossy valvata is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

Side view of the shell of Valvata sincera

References

1. IUCN 2008, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 November 2008.
2. Molluscs, Canadian Bioversity Web Site

• Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26

Further reading

• Boreal Turret Snail, Valvata sincera. Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program. 2 pp.