Specimen Information

Radix auricularia
Radix auricularia
(European ear snail)
Mollusks-Gastropods
Exotic

Specimen ID52445
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusRadix
Speciesauricularia
Common NameEuropean ear snail
StateNM
CountyLuna
LocalityMimbres River (?), 8 mi SE of Deming, NM
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameMimbres
HUC8 Number13030202
Map
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Collection Year1972
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:362
Author:Dundee, D.S.
Date:1974
Title:Catalog of introduced mollusks of eastern North America (north of Mexico).
Journal:Sterkiana
Volume:55
Pages:1-37
CommentsSee Metcalf, A.L. and Smartt, R. 1972. Records of introduced mollusks: New Mexico and western Texas. Nautilus 85(4): 144-145.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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