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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Mollusks - Mollusca
    - Class - Snails / Slugs - Gastropoda
      - Order - Aquatic Snails - Basommatophora
        
        Family - Physas - Physidae
        
        Species - Glass Physa - Physa skinneri

Glass Physa - Physa skinneri

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

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General Description

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Food Habits

Like most snails, these are herbivorous- scrapers of algae, detritus and diatoms from other vegetation of benthic substrates

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Citation for data on this website:
Glass Physa — Physa skinneri. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on November 21, 2024, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IMGASL9020