Antrorbis Explained

Antrorbis is a genus of minute freshwater snails with gills and opercula, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Lithoglyphidae.^[1]

The generic name is derived from Classical Greek language word "antrum", that means a cave and from Greek language word "orbis", that means circle.^[1]

Species

• Antrorbis breweri Hershler & F. G. Thompson, 1990^[1]
• Antrorbis tennesseensis Perez, Shoobs, Gladstone, & Niemiller, 2019

Notes and References

1. Hershler R. & Thompson F. G. (1990). "Antrorbis breweri, a new genus and species of hydrobiid cavesnail (Gastropoda) from Coosa River Basin, northeastern Alabama". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(l): 197-204. PDF.