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  2. Freshwater snail - Wikipedia

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    The Neritimorpha are a group of primitive "prosobranch" gilled snails which have a shelly operculum.. Neritiliidae - 5 extant freshwater species [5]; Neritidae - largely confined to the tropics, also the rivers of Europe, family includes the marine "nerites". [9]

  3. Physella acuta - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. Vittina natalensis - Wikipedia

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    This species is a common choice of algae-eating snail among freshwater aquarists. In the aquarium trade, the striped shell of this species has caused it to be known as the tiger snail, zebra snail, or zebra nerite. (The name zebra nerite is however misleading, because there are several species of nerite that have that common name, including ...

  5. Viviparus viviparus - Wikipedia

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    Viviparus viviparus species feeds on plankton and organic microdebris in suspension in the water and picked up through the siphon which allows the animal to breathe while filtering the water. This filter-feeding habit makes this snail popular with owners of ponds or aquariums where they are known to consume filamentous algae, some microalgae ...

  6. Physidae - Wikipedia

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    These snails are sometimes viewed as pests in aquarium tanks with fish, because the snails create waste, reproduce very often, and are very hard to remove completely. However, some aquarium owners deliberately chose to add these freshwater pond snails to their tank because the snails will eat uneaten fish food, algae and waste, as well as ...

  7. Planorbarius corneus - Wikipedia

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    Planorbarius corneus is the largest European species of ramshorn snail (family Planorbidae), with a shell typically measuring 35 millimetres (1.4 in) across when fully-grown. [ 4 ] The 10–17 by 22–40 millimetres (0.39–0.67 by 0.87–1.57 in) coiled shell has between 3 and 4.5 rounded whorls with deep sutures , the last whorl predominating.

  8. Pomacea bridgesii - Wikipedia

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    Pomacea bridgesii, common name the spike-topped apple snail or mystery snail, is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae. These snails were most likely introduced to the United States through the aquarium trade.

  9. Bithynia tentaculata - Wikipedia

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    The species flourishes in calcium-rich waters. It is commonly found in freshwater ponds, shallow lakes, and canals. This species is found on the substrate in fall and winter (including gravel, sand, clay, mud or undersides of rocks) and on aquatic macrophytes (including milfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum and muskgrass, Chara spp.) in warmer months.

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