Novisuccinea ovalis

Novisuccinea ovalis
Drawing of Novisuccinea ovalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily: Succineoidea
Family: Succineidae
Subfamily: Succineinae
Genus: Novisuccinea
Species: N. ovalis
Binomial name
Novisuccinea ovalis
(Say, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Succinea ovalis
  • Succinea obliqua

Novisuccinea ovalis, common name the oval ambersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the ambersnails.

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Distribution

This species occurs in North America.

Parasites

Parasites of Novisuccinea ovalis include:

References

  1. ^ Fried B., Beers K., Lewis PD Jr. (1993). Lipids in the broodsac of Leucochloridium variae (Digenea, Leucochloridiidae) and its snail host Succinea ovalis. Int. J. Parasitol. 23(1): 129-131. PubMed.

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