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Physella
Physella is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Physidae.
These snails eat algae, diatoms and other detritus.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Acute Bladder Snail
speciesPhysella acuta
Tadpole Physa
speciesPhysella gyrina
Banff Springs Snail
speciesPhysella johnsoni
Wet-rock Physa
speciesPhysella zionis
Claiborne Physa
speciesPhysella pomilia
Snake River Physa
speciesPhysella natricina
Bayou Physa
speciesPhysella hendersoni
Rotund Physa
speciesPhysella columbiana
Physella carolinae
speciesPhysella carolinae
Gatineau Tadpole Snail
speciesPhysella latchfordi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91061.