| Novisuccinea ovalis | |
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| Drawing of Novisuccinea ovalis | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
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| Subfamily: | Succineinae |
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| Species: | N. ovalis |
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| Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817) | |
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Novisuccinea ovalis, commonly called the oval ambersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the ambersnails.
Distribution and habitat
This species occurs in eastern and central North America, throughout the United States (from Maine to the Midwest) and Canada (Maritime Provinces to Saskatchewan) along river systems. It is considered extirpated from Mississippi.
Parasites
Parasites of Novisuccinea ovalis include:
Drawing of the shell of Novisuccinea ovalis
References
- ↑ "Novisuccinea ovalis. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ↑ Fried, B.; Beers, K.; Lewis Jr, P. D. (1993). "Lipids in the broodsac of Leucochloridium variae (Digenea, Leucochloridiidae) and its snail host Succinea ovalis". International Journal for Parasitology. 23 (1): 129–131. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(93)90105-8. PMID 8468128..
External links
- Hoagland K. E. & Davis G. M. (1987). "The succineid snail fauna of Chittenango Falls, New York: taxonomic status with comparisons to other relevant taxa". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 465-526.
- Pilsbry H. A. (1908). "Notes on Succinea ovalis Say and Succinea obliqua Say". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 60: 45-51 + pl. 7.
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