Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
      Order: Basommatophora
        Family: Lymnaeidae
          Genus: Hinkleyia
            Species: caperata

Wrinkled Marshsnail - Stagnicola caperata

Wrinkled Marshsnail

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Wrinkled Marshsnail (Stagnicola caperata) is a large (shell length up to 2 cm) freshwater snail that is distributed across the United States and Southern Canada. In New Mexico it occurs in Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Chaves County), Valles Caldera National Preserve (Sandoval County), and Big Costilla Peak (Taos County). They usually inhabit water sources that are seasonally dry such as ditches, shallow pools, marshes, streams, and ponds. In the lowland habitats the snails cope with hot summers by using areas with vegetative cover and cool water.

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S1?

State Status: E

Federal Status:

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 2

Number of Mapped Locations: 3

Number of Observations: 3

Observation date range: 05-15-1981 to 04-01-2009

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