Pseudosuccinea columella

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Pseudosuccinea columella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Pseudosuccinea
Species:
P. columella
Binomial name
Pseudosuccinea columella
(Say, 1817) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Lymnaea columella Say, 1817
Lymnaea ubaquensis Piaget, 1914 [3]

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Pseudosuccinea columella , the American ribbed fluke snail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

This snail is an intermediate host for Fasciola hepatica , the liver fluke, a parasite of livestock, especially sheep. [4]

Distribution

Indigenous

Pseudosuccinea columella is native to North America. [5] and Europe. [6] The indigenous distribution of Pseudosuccinea columella reaches from New Brunswick and south Manitoba throughout the eastern US to Central and South America. [7]

The exact type locality for this species is unknown, but it is somewhere in the Philadelphia area, US. [8]

Introduced

This snail has been introduced to Australia [5] and Europe. [6]

Distribution map for Australia where it is an introduced species Pseudosuccinea columella map Australia.png
Distribution map for Australia where it is an introduced species

The non-indigenous distribution of Pseudosuccinea columella includes:

Europe:

Description

The shell quite closely resembles shells in the genus Succinea , which belongs to a different family.

The shell of Pseudosuccinea columella is horny brown, thin, translucent, fragile and very finely striated. The apex is pointed. The shell has 3.5–4 weakly convex whorls with a shallow suture. The last whorl predominates. The aperture is ovate. The upper palatal margin descends steeply. The columellar margin is reflected only at its upper section; the lower columellar margin sharp and straight. [7]

The width of the shell is 8–13 mm. The height of the shell is 15–20 mm. [7]

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Apertural view of the shell
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Abapertural view of the shell

The animal is dusky with whitish spots. The eyes are small and black and are located at the inner base of the tentacles. [7]

The haploid number of chromosomes is 18 (n=18). [14]

Habitat

In North America, Pseudosuccinea columella lives in stagnant waters, at the edges of lakes, ponds, muddy and sluggish streams, among lily pads and reeds on sticks and mud. [7]

In Europe it occurs predominantly in greenhouses, but also sometimes in outdoor habitats (Austria, Hungary). [7] It needs warm water and does not survive Central European winter temperatures. [7] It is also found above the water on floating leaves of aquatic plants; in northern Greece it was found in a spring near a road. [7]

Parasites

Parasites of Pseudosuccinea columella include:

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