Amnicola limosus

Amnicola limosus, common name the mud amnicola, is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and along the Gulf of Maine. Amnicola limosus limosus has been found in Utah.
The type locality is Delaware River and Schuylkill River.

Description

The shell is very pale ochraceous and umbilicated, approximately the size of Marstonia lustrica. The aperture is oval, with the outer lip tightly appressed to the body whorl, making the junction nearly indistinguishable.

Parasites

Amnicola limosus is the first intermediate host for the trematode Metorchis conjunctus.