Poole, Karen E.
Physa
Sign in to savePhysa 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyPhysidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded3,012,139,120
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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.
These snails eat algae, diatoms and detritus.
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Animalia
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Manitoba
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taxonomy
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Gastropoda
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Q82486
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type species
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World Register of Marine Species
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iNaturalist
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