Specimen Information

Physella acuta
Physella acuta
(Acute bladder snail)
Mollusks-Gastropods
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1524255
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusPhysella
Speciesacuta
Common NameAcute bladder snail
StateIN
CountyPosey
LocalityPond, New Harmony, IN
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Wabash
HUC8 Number05120113
HUC10 NameFox River-Wabash River
HUC10 Number0512011308
HUC12 NameHarmony Creek-Wabash River
HUC12 Number051201130801
Map
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Collection Month10
Collection Year2000
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on aquatic plants | released aquarium
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:18190
Author:DIllon, R.T., A.R. Wethington, J.M. Rhett, and T.P. Smith
Date:2002
Title:Populations of the European freshwater pulmonate Physa acuta are not reproductively isolated from American Physa heterostropha or Physa integra.
Journal:Invertebrate Biology
Volume:121
Issue:3
Pages:226-234
Reference 2
Ref. Number:32338
Author:Bousset, L., J.-P. Pointier, P. David, P. Jarne
Date:2014
Title:Neither variation loss, nor change in selfing rate is associated with the worldwide invasion of Physa acuta from its native North America
Journal:Biological Invasions
Volume:16
Pages:1769-1783
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [4/18/2024].

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