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Promenetus umbilicatellus (Cockerell, 1887)
Umbilicate Sprite
Family: Planorbidae
Introduction to the Molluscs of BC

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© Ian Gardiner     (Photo ID #126169)

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Distribution of Promenetus umbilicatellus in British Columbia in British Columbia

Introduction


The Umbilicate Sprite is found from "Alaska south to Oregon, northern Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and eastern Oklahoma, east to eastern Ohio, western New York; in Canada in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; also Texas if P. carus is a synonym." (British Columbia Conservation Data Centre 2012). It occurs in vernal ponds, marshes and flooded margins of (intermittent) streams in dense vegetation--it also is found in small rives on southern Vancouver Island (British Columbia Conservation Data Centre 2012).

Status Information

Origin StatusProvincial StatusBC List
(Red Blue List)		COSEWIC
NativeS2S3BlueNot Listed



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