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Common Name: Chinese mysterysnail
Taxonomy: available through 
Size: can reach 65 mm
Native Range:
From Southeast Asia to Japan and eastern Russia.
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Interactive maps: Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Established in San Francisco Bay, California (Ruiz 2000). Mid-Atlantic Region: Lake Erie; various ponds in Connecticut and Massachusetts; Whitewater River in Augusta, Kansas (Distler 2003); Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (Ruiz 2000); Cocheco River, New Hampshire; Delaware River, New Jersey; Hudson River and Niagara River, New York; Columbia River, Oregon (Apalategui 2004); Schuykill River and Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania; Annaquatucket River, Rhode Island; and a few isolated locations in Maine and Virginia.
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Status:
Impact of Introduction: Possible competition with native snails.
Remarks: Prefers slow-moving freshwater rivers, streams, and lakes with soft, muddy or silty bottoms. Can have up to 7 whorls; females are livebearers giving birth to crawling young. This species was sold in Chinese food market in San Francisco in the late 1800s; collected as early as 1914 in Boston.
References
Other Resources:
Viviparus malleatus (Chinese mystery snail) (Gulf of Mexico Program)
Cipangopaludina chinensis (Chinese mystery snail) (Gulf of Mexico Program)
Author: Amy Benson
Revision Date: 4/24/2006 Citation for this information:
Amy Benson. 2009. Cipangopaludina chinensis. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1044> Revision Date: 4/24/2006
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