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Mud Bithynia

Bithynia tentaculata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,906, February 1,407, March 2,205, April 3,469, May 5,002, June 5,454, July 5,837, August 5,019, September 3,685, October 2,751, November 1,503, December 1,175.
United States41,658
Alaska39,414
Canada1,576
Ontario1,476
Pennsylvania691
New York463
Michigan375
Wisconsin219
Germany146
France146

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

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