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Common River-snail

Viviparus viviparus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 206, February 153, March 239, April 376, May 542, June 591, July 632, August 544, September 399, October 298, November 163, December 127.
United States4,283
Alaska4,271
Russia664
Ukraine467
Kyiv149
Poland120
Cherkasy Oblast108
Kursk Oblast87
Moscow73
Novosibirsk Oblast70

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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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