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Lister's River-snail

Viviparus contectus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 269, February 198, March 311, April 489, May 705, June 769, July 822, August 707, September 519, October 388, November 212, December 166.
United States5,560
Alaska5,554
Russia380
Germany134
Poland98
Ukraine91
Lithuania80
Moscow Oblast79
Austria78
Kursk Oblast56

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
Orderapple snails, river snails, and allies · Architaenioglossa
FamilyRiver Snails · Viviparidae
GenusViviparus

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