Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID50208
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusRadix
Speciesauricularia
Common NameEuropean ear snail
StateNY
CountyRensselaer
LocalityHudson River basin near Troy
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameMiddle Hudson
HUC8 Number02020006
Map
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Collection Year1993
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on plants
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:703
Author:Mills, E.L., J.H. Leach, J.T. Carlton, and C.L. Secor
Date:1993
Title:Exotic species in the Great Lakes: a history of biotic crises and anthropogenic introductions
Journal:Journal of Great Lakes Research
Volume:19
Issue:1
Pages:1-54
CommentsYear of collection is publication date of document source. The collection date was sometime prior to 1869.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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