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Leach's Bithynia

Bithynia leachii

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 214, February 158, March 247, April 389, May 561, June 611, July 654, August 563, September 413, October 308, November 168, December 132.
United States4,417
Alaska4,417
France11
Grand Est11
Netherlands7
Denmark5
Latvia4
Rīga4
United Kingdom3
England3

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
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyBithyniidae
GenusBithynia

Sources

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