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  Family Lymnaeidae

Genus Lymnaea

    Species L. emarginata -- midwestern North America.
    Species L. stagnalis -- midwestern North America.
    Species L. atkaensis -- North America.
    Species L. producta
    Species L. rubella

Taxon Information

The Genus Lymnaea has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Lymnaea, [North America] (Johnson et al., 2013).
• Lymnaea, [North America] (Brown & Lydeard, 2010).
• Lymnaea, 1 species, discontinuous in northern states [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Lymnaea, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Lymnaea (Lymnaea), "Widely distributed in [North America], Europe, and northern Asia" (Clench, 1959).

Bibliography

• Johnson, P.D., A.E. Bogan, K.M. Brown, N.M. Burkhead, J.R. Cordeiro, J.T. Garner, P.D. Hartfield, D.A.W. Lepitzki, G.L. Mackie, E. Pip, T.A. Tarpley, J.S. Tiemann, N.V. Whelan & E.E. Strong. 2013. Conservation Status of Freshwater Gastropods of Canada and the United States. Fisheries 38(6): 247-282.
• Brown, K.M. & C. Lydeard. 2010. Mollusca: Gastropoda. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 277-307.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Mollusca (Gastropods, pelecypods). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 327-400.
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Clench, W.J. 1959. Mollusca. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 1117-1160.

Web Pages

• Biopix
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Study of Northern Virginia Ecology