Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1468719
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusRadix
Speciesauricularia
Common NameEuropean ear snail
StateWY
CountyTeton
LocalityOxbow Lake [Oxbow Bend, Snake River], Grand Teton National Park
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSnake Headwaters
HUC8 Number17040101
HUC10 NameMoose Creek-Snake River
HUC10 Number1704010104
HUC12 NameLower Jackson Lake
HUC12 Number170401010409
Map
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Collection Month7
Collection Year2014
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium | hitch hiker on aquatic plants
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:31724
Author:Larson, M.D.
Date:2018
Title:Range expansion and parasitism in the nonnative snail Radix auricularia
Journal:Western North American Naturalist
Volume:78
Issue:1
Pages:112-116
CommentsSampled in summer 2014, by hand or with hand sieves
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [11/24/2024].

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