Species: Ferrissia rivularis
Creeping 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 - It is found throughout most of North America; extending northward into the Hudson Bay lowlands and northwestward to at least central Saskatchewan; south to North Carolina and New Mexico and west to California and Oregon (Burch, 1989). It does not occur in the swampy lowlands of the southeast (Basch, 1963).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)