Anguispira alternata

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Anguispira alternata
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Engravinging of a shell of Anguispira alternata from W. G. Binney, 1878. [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Discidae
Genus: Anguispira
Species:
A. alternata
Binomial name
Anguispira alternata
(Say, 1816)
Synonyms

Pyramidula alternata

Anguispira alternata, common name the flamed disc or flamed tigersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails. Flamed discs are medium-sized snails, with shells ranging from 17 to 25 millimeters (0.67 to 0.98 inches) in diameter. They are found around logs, hollow trees, and rocks in wooded areas throughout eastern North America, ranging from New Brunswick, Canada, south to northern Florida, and west to northeastern Texas, Kansas and western Minnesota. [2] Flamed disks are herbivores that feed on decaying plant material, fungi, and algae. [2]

Parasites

Parasites of Anguispira alternata include:

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References

  1. Binney, William G. 1878. The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 25.
  2. 1 2 3 Mulcrone, Renee. "Anguispira alternata". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  3. Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. "Brainworm". accessed 14 December 2010.

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