Species: Cipangopaludina chinensis

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Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Mollusca
    Class

    Gastropoda

    Order

    Architaenioglossa

    Family

    Viviparidae

    Genus

    Cipangopaludina

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Invertebrates - Mollusks - Freshwater Snails
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Mollusca - Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae - Cipangopaludina - .
    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).
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2008-03-26
    Global Status Last Changed
    1999-09-14
    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)
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