hanging mud snail
Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)
- Name authority
- (Montagu, 1803)
- Common name
- hanging mud snail
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Hydrobiidae
- Genus
- Ecrobia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassCaenogastropoda L. R. Cox, 1960
- orderLittorinimorpha A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- superfamilyTruncatelloidea J. E. Gray, 1840
- familyHydrobiidae W. Stimpson, 1865
- subfamilyHydrobiinae W. Stimpson, 1865
- genusEcrobia W. Stimpson, 1865
- speciesEcrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ecrobia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ecrobia truncata (Vanatta, 1924) | HydrobiidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecrobia vitrea (Risso, 1826) | HydrobiidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hydrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803) (Montagu, 1803) | synonym |
| Ventrosia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803) (Montagu, 1803) | synonym |
| Ventrosia cissana (Radoman, 1973) (Radoman, 1973) | synonym |
| Hydrobia cissana Radoman, 1973 Radoman, 1973 | synonym |
| Pseudopaludinella cissana (Radoman, 1973) (Radoman, 1973) | synonym |
| Turbo eburneus E. Jacob, 1798 E. Jacob, 1798 | synonym |
| Hydrobia (Hydrobia) ventrosa (Montagu, 1803) (Montagu, 1803) | synonym |
| Turbo ventrosus Montagu, 1803 Montagu, 1803 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238104 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38NY3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.