Physella
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q3021485
Library of congress:
sh2004008292
Sources of Information
- ITIS, July 24, 2004(Genus Physella, family Physidae. Species listed with common names all have "physa" in common name; species in genus Physa also have "physa" in common names)
- NCBI taxonomy browser, via WWW, July 24, 2004(Physella. Family Physidae)
- NatureServe explorer, via WWW, July 24, 2004(34 species of Physella listed, all but one with "Physa" in common name, Family Physidae; 10 species of Physa listed, most with "Physa" in common name)
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Wikipedia description:
Physella is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Physidae. These snails eat algae, diatoms and other detritus.
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