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Physa acuta

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

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Species notes

About Physa acuta

Physa acuta is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Physella acuta (also recorded as Acute Bladder Snail), an accepted species in the family Physidae. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Africa, Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, Oceania, Elbe, Seychelles, United States, and Mexico. Land snails are molluscs that move on a muscular foot and usually carry a coiled shell that protects the soft body.

Common name
Acute Bladder Snail
Family
Physidae
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Africa, Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, Oceania, Elbe, Seychelles, United States, Mexico

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy