Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1524257
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusPhysella
Speciesacuta
Common NameAcute bladder snail
StatePA
CountyCentre
LocalityFairmount Park, Pennsylvania
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBald Eagle
HUC8 Number02050204
HUC10 NameSpring Creek
HUC10 Number0205020401
HUC12 NameSlab Cabin Run
HUC12 Number020502040102
Map
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Collection Month7
Collection Year2000
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium | hitch hiker on plants
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 [4/26/2024].

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