Anchialine pool snail
Species of gastropod
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The anchialine pool snail, scientific name Neritilia hawaiiensis, is a species living in brackish estuaries and in anchialine pools.[3] These snails have an operculum, and are aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritiliidae.
| Anchialine pool snail | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritiliidae |
| Genus: | Neritilia |
| Species: | N. hawaiiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neritilia hawaiiensis Kay, 1979 | |
Distribution
This species is endemic to the islands of Hawaii, United States, and lives only in brackish estuaries and in anchialine pools,[3] which are marine pools that have no surface connection with the ocean but that are salty and that fluctuate in level with the tides.