Species: Ferrissia fragilis
Fragile Ancylid
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Basommatophora
Family
Ancylidae
Genus
Ferrissia
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Mollusks - Freshwater Snails
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mollusca - Gastropoda - Basommatophora - Ancylidae - Ferrissia - .
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5Q
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-10-13
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 - 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)