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  Family Physidae

Genus Aplexa

    Species A. elongata -- Wisconsin!

Taxon Information

The Genus Aplexa has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

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

Literature Records

• Aplexa, [North America] (Johnson et al., 2013).
• Aplexa, "Wooded Ponds in Canada and northern United States" (Brown & Lydeard, 2010).
• Aplexa, usually associated with temporary waters; 1 widespread species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Aplexa, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Aplexa, "Widely distributed throughout northern U.S. and Canada" (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

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System