Poole, Karen E.
Physa
Sign in to savePhysa is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Physinae of the family Physidae.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyPhysidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded3,012,139,120
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,935
- With media
- 432
- Family
- Physidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CM, PRI, UF
- Recorded in
- United States, Spain, Italy, Georgia, Costa Rica, Morocco
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Anatomy
- Shell description
- Species
- References
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Physa is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Physinae of the family Physidae.
These snails eat algae, diatoms and detritus.
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