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<i>Ferrissia californica</i>

Ferrissia californica

Species of gastropod

Ferrissia californica is a species of small freshwater limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae.[2]

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Description

This species has a limpet like shell. In captivity the shell is clear but in the wild it is light to dark brown.[3]

Distribution

This species originates from North America. It is introduced in several countries and islands including:

Habitat

Ferrissia californica lives in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, etc. It can be found on rocks, wood debris, aquatic plants, and dead leaves.[9]

Diet

Ferrissia californica eats mostly diatoms.[10]

Life cycle

Ferrissia californica is a obligate self-fertilizer. It lays eggs that are 0.6 mm and contain one juvenile. The eggs hatch in about seven days. They mature at between four and five weeks. Adults are about 2 mm.[11]

Human use

Ferrissia californica is found in the aquarium trade and is considered an aquarium pest.[12]

References

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    Beran L. & Horsák M. (2007). "Distribution of the alien freshwater snail Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in the Czech Republic". Aquatic Invasions 2(1): 45–54.
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    Dilian Georgiev & Zdravko Hubenov (2013). "Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Bulgaria: an updated annotated checklist". Folia Malacologica 21(4): 237-263. DOI:10.12657/folmal.021.026
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    Igor A. Balashov, Mikhail O. Son, Viorica Coadã & Francisco Welter-Schultes (2013). "An updated annotated checklist of the molluscs of the Republic of Moldova". Folia Malacologica 21(3): 175-181.
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    Holyoak, D.T.; Holyoak, G.A.; Mendes, R. (2019). "A revised check-list of the land and freshwater Mollusca (Gastropoda and Bivalvia) of mainland Portugal". Iberus. 37 (1): 113–168.
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    Ramdini Ramdane, Dirk Van Damme, Sadouk Ghania & Medjdoub-Bensaad Ferroudja (2020). "Rediscovery of Armiger crista (Linnaeus, 1857) (Gastropoda Planorbidae) in Algeria". Biodiversity Journal 11(4): 821–824.
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    "Species Account : Ferrissia fragilis". fwgna.org.
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    Blinn, W.; Truitt, Robt. E.; Pickart, Anne (1989). "Feeding Ecology and Radular Morphology of the Freshwater Limpet Ferrissia fragilis". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 8 (3): 237–242. doi:10.2307/1467327. JSTOR 1467327.
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    "Genetics, Shell Morphology, and Life History of the Freshwater Pulmonate Limpets Ferrissia rivularis and Ferrissia fragilis". researchgate.net.
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    "Algae and Other Pests". fishwise. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
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