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Physa is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Physinae of the family Physidae. [ 2 ] These snails eat algae , diatoms and detritus.
Physa fontinalis, common name the common bladder snail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Physidae. The shells of species in the genus Physa are left-handed or sinistral .
The only overseas endangered land snail is Papustyla pulcherrima. Altogether 36 gastropod species are federally listed as of 2 October 2009. Altogether 36 gastropod species are federally listed as of 2 October 2009.
The observations are restricted to Physa fontinalis, an indigenous species to areas with indigenous predatory leeches, and Haitia acuta, introduced in Germany and the Netherlands. When Physa contacts another snail, either Physa or some other kind, the reaction is a rapid twisting of the shell back and forth to dislodge the other. The muscle ...
Physella acuta is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. Common names include European physa , tadpole snail , bladder snail , and acute bladder snail .
A parasite that sickened 10 dogs and killed another in Southern California was found in ... August of 2023 to collect more than 2,000 snails of two distinct species known to transmit the worms ...
These snails eat algae, diatoms and other detritus. ... Pewter Physa, [2] type species, synonyms: Physella heterostropha (Say, 1817), Physella integra (Haldeman, 1841 ...
This snail is believed to be confined to the Snake River, inhabiting areas of swift current on the undersides of large cobbles and boulder-sized rocks. In 1995, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported the known modern range of the species to be from Grandview , Idaho (ca. RM 487) to the Hagerman Reach of the Snake River (ca. RM 573).