Peringia ulvae

Peringia ulvae
Shell
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Peringia
Species:
P. ulvae
Binomial name
Peringia ulvae
(Pennant, 1777)
Synonyms
List
  • Assiminea recta Mousson, 1874 (dubious synonym)
  • Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777)
  • Hydrobia ulvae var. albida Jeffreys, 1867
  • Paludestrina bucheti Mabille, 1898 (dubious synonym)
  • Peringia castroi Locard, 1899
  • Peringia cyclolabris Bourguignat, 1876
  • Peringia lusitanica Locard, 1899
  • Peringia paulinoi Locard, 1899
  • Rissoa barleei Jeffreys, 1847
  • Turbo subumbilicatus Montagu, 1803
  • Turbo ulvæ Pennant, 1777

Peringia ulvae, commonly known as the Laver spire shell or mudsnail, is a European species of very small aquatic snail with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

This is arguably a marine snail, but it is often also listed as a non-marine species because it tolerates brackish water and lives in salt marshes and similar habitats.

Peringia ulvae is the type species of the genus Peringia.