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Acute Bladder Snail Physella acuta

Photo: Gerard van Buurt

Classification

Physidae [family]
Physella [genus] (1)
acuta [species]

Classification

Physidae [family]
Physella [genus] (1)
acuta [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
  • Bonaire
  • Curaçao
  • Sint Maarten
  • Presence status
  • Introduced (2) - Aruba
  • Introduced (2) - Bonaire
  • Introduced (2) - Curaçao
  • Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten
  • Distribution description Probably originally from North-America, but spread across the whole world. It is actually unknown whether the species has been introduced in on the Caribbean islands or whether it occurs there naturally, but it has been present here for a long time already.
    Notes on presence status Previously reported from Sint Maarten as Aplexa orbignyi Mazé, 1890.

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