Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1715823
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusRadix
Speciesauricularia
Common NameEuropean ear snail
StateWI
CountyDouglas
LocalityAllouez Bay portion of St. Louis River Estuary (at western end of Lake Superior)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLake Superior
HUC8 Number04180000
HUC10 NameLake Superior
HUC10 Number0418000002
HUC12 NameLake Superior
HUC12 Number041800000200
Map
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Collection Day22
Collection Month8
Collection Year2006
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
CommentsOriginally verified by Igor Grigorovich, of Wilson Environmental Laboratories Inc. (in 2007) who identified the specimen as “Lymnaea auricularia?"
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recorddrainage
Museum Cat NumberSt. Louis R. 3a 5-8
VerifierGerald Shepard and Adam Frankiewicz, of SpecPro Professional Services
Number Collected1


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