Species: Cipangopaludina chinensis
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Architaenioglossa
Family
Viviparidae
Genus
Cipangopaludina
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Mollusks - Freshwater Snails
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mollusca - Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae - Cipangopaludina - .
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Reproduction Comments
This species births fully developed juveniles where, in brooding adults, all stages of development occur simultaneously in utero, from newly fertilized ova to large (5 mm), fully shelled juveniles. Prezant et al. (2006) found that water-borne cues from a predatory crayfish (<i>Orconectes llimosus</i>) induced a doubling of the number of offspring released and these newly born snails were generally smaller, though more variable in size, and possessed a greater shell organic content than control individuals (likely response to the predator).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2008-03-26
Global Status Last Changed
1999-09-14
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Although native to southeast Asia, this common, nuisance species has been introduced widely around the world and occurs in nearly every U.S. state (Clench and Fuller, 1965) and in Canada in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia (Therriault and Kott, 2003).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)