Physella acuta is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. Common names include European physa, tadpole snail, bladder snail, and acute bladder snail. In addition, Physa acuta, Physa heterostropha (Say, 1817) and Physa integra (Haldeman, 1841) are synonyms of Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805).
^Draparnaud J.-P.-R. 1805. Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Ouvrage posthume. Avec XIII planches. pp. [1-9], j-viij [= 1-8], 1-134, [Plates 1-13]. Paris, Montpellier. (Plassan, Renaud).
^ abDillon R. T., Wethington A. R., Rhett J. M. & Smith T. P. 2002. Populations of the European freshwater pulmonate Physa acuta are not reproductively isolated from American Physa heterostopha or Physa integra. Invertebrate Biology, 121: 226-234. (abstract)
Physellaacuta is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. Common...
Lymnaea stagnalis. Family Physidae, Physellaacuta. Family Planorbidae, Planorbarius corneus. The freshwater snail Physa acuta is in the subclass Heterobranchia...
cousins) are also one of the few fishes that will eat bladder snails (Physellaacuta), and are valued by aquarists for controlling this pest in planted aquaria...
Hawaii and Idaho Many Caribbean islands: Puerto Rico Cuba – along with Physellaacuta it is the most common freshwater snail in Cuba The Dominican Republic...
auricularia subspecies corecna – experimentally induced infection Physellaacuta, listed as Physa acuta – experimentally induced infection and to a very small extent...
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