Cieplok, Anna;Anderson, Roy;Gawlak, Magdalena;Kałuski, Tomasz;Spyra, Aneta
Physidae
Sign in to savethumb|225px|Physa marmorata in France.thumb|225px|Physella heterostropha halei of the Central and Southern USA, about 1 cm long.thumb|right|The sinistral shell of Physella acuta
Species
bladder snails
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyPhysidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded147,774
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,301
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Physidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, CM, UCMP, UF, MSB, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Ecology
- Taxonomy
- Subfamily Aplexinae
- Subfamily Physinae
- Aquarium use
- References
- Further reading
thumb|225px|Physa marmorata in France.thumb|225px|Physella heterostropha halei of the Central and Southern USA, about 1 cm long.thumb|right|The sinistral shell of Physella acuta
Physidae, commonly called the bladder snails, is a family of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lymnaeoidea.
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