Novisuccinea ovalis, commonly called the oval ambersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the ambersnails.

Novisuccinea ovalis
Drawing of Novisuccinea ovalis

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Succineidae
Genus: Novisuccinea
Species:
N. ovalis
Binomial name
Novisuccinea ovalis
(Say, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Succinea ovalis
  • Succinea obliqua

Distribution and habitat

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This species occurs in eastern and central North America, throughout the United States (from Maine to the Midwest) and Canada (Maritime Provinces to Saskatchewan) along river systems. It is considered extirpated from Mississippi.

Parasites

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Parasites of Novisuccinea ovalis include:

 
Drawing of the shell of Novisuccinea ovalis

References

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  1. ^ "Novisuccinea ovalis. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ Fried, B.; Beers, K.; Lewis Jr, P. D. (1993). "Lipids in the broodsac of Leucochloridium variae (Digenea, Leucochloridiidae) and its snail host Succinea ovalis". International Journal for Parasitology. 23 (1): 129–131. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(93)90105-8. PMID 8468128..
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