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Physella (European physa) Endangered

Synonyms: Archiphysa; Costatella; Haitia; Petrophysa

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Species

Physella gyrina (tadpole physa) (Critically Endangered)
Physella johnsoni (Banff Springs physa) (Critically Endangered)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0