Novisuccinea ovalis

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Novisuccinea ovalis
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Drawing of Novisuccinea ovalis
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Succineidae
Genus: Novisuccinea
Species:
N. ovalis
Binomial name
Novisuccinea ovalis
(Say, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Succinea ovalis
  • Succinea obliqua

Novisuccinea ovalis, commonly called the oval ambersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the ambersnails.

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Distribution and habitat

This species occurs in eastern and central North America, throughout the United States (from Maine to the Midwest) and Canada (Maritime Provinces to Saskatchewan) along river systems. It is considered extirpated from Mississippi.

Parasites

Parasites of Novisuccinea ovalis include:

Drawing of the shell of Novisuccinea ovalis Novisuccinea ovalis shell.jpg
Drawing of the shell of Novisuccinea ovalis

References

  1. "Novisuccinea ovalis. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. Fried, B.; Beers, K.; Lewis Jr, P. D. (1993). "Lipids in the broodsac of Leucochloridium variae (Digenea, Leucochloridiidae) and its snail host Succinea ovalis". International Journal for Parasitology. 23 (1): 129–131. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(93)90105-8. PMID   8468128..