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Physella wrighti, common name the hotwater physa, [1] is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae.
This species lives in British Columbia, Canada, found only in the Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park [1] The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being endangered in Canada. [2]
Physella wrighti requires an aquatic environment with year-round water temperature between 23–40 °C (73–104 °F). [1] They live on substrates both above and below the water level. They prefer habitats of Chara mats, but can also be found on mats of green alga, woody debris, and stream beds. [1]
The spotted turtle, the only species of the genus Clemmys, is a small, semi-aquatic turtle that reaches a carapace length of 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in) upon adulthood. Their broad, smooth, low dark-colored upper shell, or carapace, ranges in its exact colour from black to a bluish black with a number of tiny yellow round spots. The spotting patterning extends from the head, to the neck and out onto the limbs. Sexually mature males have a concave plastron and a long, thick tail. By contrast, sexually mature females possess a flat plastron and have a tail notable shorter and thinner than mature males. Mature males also have a dark iris and face; females typically have a yellow or orange iris and a similarly coloured face that is distinctly lighter than males. Juveniles appear female-like in this regard and at maturity males begin to develop darker features.
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The dwarf wedgemussel is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
The northern riffleshell, is a subspecies of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
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Physella is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Physidae.
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