Badwater snail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Assimineidae |
Genus: | Assiminea |
Species: | A. infirma |
Binomial name | |
Assiminea infirma S.S. Berry, 1947 |
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
The Badwater snail, scientific name Assiminea infirma, is a species of minute, salt marsh snail; of the Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, United States.
The Badwater snail are found only at low elevations near spring sources, and only in regions with relatively low precipitation. They are capable of living completely submerged in the spring water.
This species is endemic to the Mojave Desert in California.