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Physidae

Cieplok, Anna;Anderson, Roy;Gawlak, Magdalena;Kałuski, Tomasz;Spyra, Aneta

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thumb|225px|Physa marmorata in France.thumb|225px|Physella heterostropha halei of the Central and Southern USA, about 1 cm long.thumb|right|The sinistral shell of Physella acuta

Species

bladder snails

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. FamilyPhysidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded147,774

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
5,301
With media
13
Family
Physidae
Collections
SDNHM, CM, UCMP, UF, MSB, CAS
Recorded in
United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Lymnaeoidea
Image
Physa acuta 001.JPG
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Commons category
Physidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Physidae
topic's main category
Category:Physidae
taxon common name
Blasenschnecken
Sources (1)

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • Ecology
  • Taxonomy
  • Subfamily Aplexinae
  • Subfamily Physinae
  • Aquarium use
  • References
  • Further reading

thumb|225px|Physa marmorata in France.thumb|225px|Physella heterostropha halei of the Central and Southern USA, about 1 cm long.thumb|right|The sinistral shell of Physella acuta

Physidae, commonly called the bladder snails, is a family of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lymnaeoidea.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Physidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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