BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Promenetus umbilicatellus
Umbilicate Sprite
| Scientific Name: | Promenetus umbilicatellus (Cockerell, 1887) | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Umbilicate Sprite | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | MO-PROUMB | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G4 (Feb 2015) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3 (Dec 2024) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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Nonmigrant: Local Migrant: Distant Migrant: Within Borders Migrant: |
N / N N / N N / N na / N |
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| Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence) |
Lakes / Lake / Obligate
Lakes / Pond/Open Water / Obligate Other Unique Habitats / Vernal Pools/Seasonal Seeps / Unknown Stream/River / Stream/River / Obligate |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | This species is found in vernal ponds and marshes and springtime flooded margins of intermittent streams, often with dense vegetation and mud substrate (Clarke 1981, O?Neal and Soulliere 2006). | ||||||||||
| Provincial Habitat Comments: | Veneral ponds, marshes and springtime flooded margins of intermittent streams; associated with dense vegetation and mud bottoms; also in small rivers on S Vancouver Island (Clarke 1981, Lee 2000a). | ||||||||||
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Colonial Breeder: | N | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Burch (1989) lists the distribution as 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; and Texas (as P. carus). Although California is included in the range by Taylor (1981), it's not included in Richards and Rogers (2011). In Canada, P. umbilicatellus is primarily in prairie localities from southern Manitoba to central Alberta and southern British Columbia (Clarke 1981). | ||||||||||
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| Provincial Information Author: | French, L. | ||||||||||
| Last Updated: | Nov 04, 2004 | ||||||||||
| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Clarke, A.H. 1981a. The freshwater mollusks of Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, National Museums of Canada, D. W. Friesen and Sons, Ltd.: Ottawa, Canada. 446 pp. |
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O'Neal, R.P. and Soulliere, G.J. 2006. Conservation guidelines for Michigan lakes and associated natural resources. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Fisheries Special Report, 38. |
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Promenetus umbilicatellus. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 4, 2026).