Physa marmorata

Physa marmorata
Two views of a live individual of Physa marmorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Physidae
Genus: Physa
Species: P. marmorata
Binomial name
Physa marmorata
Guilding, 1828

Physa marmorata is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in Dominica.[1]

References

  1. Reeves W. K., Dillon Jr. R. T. & Dasch G. A. (2008). "Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Commonwealth of Dominica with a discussion of their roles in the transmission of parasites". American Malacological Bulletin 24: 59-63. doi:10.4003/0740-2783-24.1.59. PDF.

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