Physa fontinalis

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Physa fontinalis
Five shells of Physa fontinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Physidae
Subfamily: Physinae
Tribe: Physini
Genus: Physa
Species: P. fontinalis
Binomial name
Physa fontinalis
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms

Bulla fontinalis Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)

Physa fontinalis, common name the common bladder snail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. The shells of this species are left-handed or sinistral.

Distribution

This species is found in the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Croatia[2] and others.

References

  1. Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. - Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius).
  2. Beran L. (2009). "The first record of Anisus vorticulus (Troschel, 1834) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Croatia?". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 8: 70. PDF.

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