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Acute Bladder Snail

Physella acuta

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 459, February 339, March 531, April 835, May 1,204, June 1,313, July 1,405, August 1,208, September 887, October 662, November 362, December 283.
United States13,074
Alaska9,485
Canada673
Ontario510
New York448
France366
California335
Australia290
Spain271
Italy257

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
FamilyBladder Snails · Physidae
GenusPhysella

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