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Rustic ambersnail
Succinea rusticana
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G4G5
State (S-rank): SH
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Species range
This species has been reported historically from three localities in three counties in north-central Utah: one locality each in Cache County (Henderson and Daniels 1917, Chamberlin and Jones 1929), Morgan County (Henderson and Daniels 1917), and Salt Lake County (Woolstenhulme 1942).
Habitat
Henderson and Daniels (1917) are the only authors who have reported habitat information for this species in Utah. One of the two Utah sites where they collected the species they described as "a small stream choked with water-cress" and the other as "pools beside [a] railroad track". Although their report does not specify where in relation to the stream and the pools they found this species, it is quite possible that they found these snails not only at the water's edge but actually in (i.e., under) the water, many species in this genus being amphibious.
Threats or limiting factors
Threats to this species in Utah are not known. However, since the species utilizes wet sites and may even be semi-aquatic, dewatering (e.g., through diversions of streams for irrigation and other purposes), alteration of aquatic habitats (e.g., damming of streams), and degradation of water quality (e.g., pollution) may be threats.
