Species: Ferrissia fragilis

Fragile Ancylid
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Mollusca
    Class

    Gastropoda

    Order

    Basommatophora

    Family

    Ancylidae

    Genus

    Ferrissia

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Invertebrates - Mollusks - Freshwater Snails
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Mollusca - Gastropoda - Basommatophora - Ancylidae - Ferrissia - .
    Habitat Type Description
    Freshwater
    Migration
    false - false - false
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5Q
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2009-10-13
    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 - This species is common in North America from Florida and Texas to southern Canada (Burch, 1989). It has also been shown recently to have been widely introduced across Europe (previously under a variety of synonymous names (including <i>Acroloxus lacustris</i>, <i>Ferrissia shimekii</i>, <i>Ferrissia wautieri</i>) to a point where it is nearly cosmopolitan (Walther et al., 2006).
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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