Lyogyrus granum

Lyogyrus granum
Secure
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Amnicolidae
Genus: Lyogyrus
Species:
L. granum
Binomial name
Lyogyrus granum
(Say, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Paludina grana Say, 1822
  • Lyogyrus (Lyogyrus) granum (Say, 1822)

Lyogyrus granum, common name the squat duskysnail, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.

Distribution and conservation status

This species of snail lives in New Brunswick and in Nova Scotia in Canada. It was categorized as data deficient (DD) by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).

References

  1. ↑ Cordeiro, J.; Ormes, M. (2017). "Lyogyrus granum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T69616139A69632928. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T69616139A69632928.en. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  2. ↑ NatureServe. "Lyogyrus granum". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Lyogyrus granum (Say, 1822)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  4. ↑ COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 38.