Cave physa
Appearance
Cave physa Physella spelunca, | |
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Species: | P. spelunca
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Physella spelunca |
The cave physa (Physella spelunca) is a species of small, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. It lives only in caves.
This species is endemic to the United States.
See also
References
- ^ Bogan A. E. (1996). Physella spelunca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.