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Juga
Sign in to saveJuga is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Semisulcospiridae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
- FamilySemisulcospiridae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 235
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Semisulcospiridae
- Collections
- CAS, PRI, NCSM, CM, MSB
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pleuroceridae
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Encyclopedic overview
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Juga is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Semisulcospiridae.
These snails are native to the rivers of the northwestern United States and adjacent British Columbia. Several species are endemic to isolated large springs in the American Great Basin.
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