Biology:Cave physa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cave physa
Physella spelunca,
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Physidae
Genus: Physella
Species:
P. spelunca
Binomial name
Physella spelunca
Turner & Clench, 1974

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 Big Horn County, Wyoming.

See also

  • List of non-marine molluscs of the United States

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3073401 entry