Overview
Distribution
Range Description
This species has been described in Europe, extending north to Scandinavia and east into Western Siberia (Taylor 2003, Kantor et al. 2009). It has also been recorded from the Canary Islands (Taylor 2003) and Turkey (Yildirim 2004).
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Ecology
Habitat
Habitat and Ecology
Habitat and Ecology
Systems
This species is opportunisitic and can be found in (moderately) polluted waterbodies (Appleton and Brackenbury 1998, Whitehead 2008), inhabiting springs, streams, rivers, ponds, lakes as well as canals and irrigation ditches (Taylor 2003). It occurs in nutrient-poor and richly vegetated habitats (Vermonden et al. 2009).
Systems
- Freshwater
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Associations
Associations
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Animal / rests in
Chaetogaster limnaei rests inside shell of Physa fontinalis
Other: minor host/prey
Animal / parasite / endoparasite
furcocercaria of Cotylurus cornutus endoparasitises Physa fontinalis
Remarks: Other: uncertain
Animal / rests in
metacercarial cyst of Echinoparyphium recurvatum rests inside digestive gland of Physa fontinalis
Animal / rests in
Chaetogaster limnaei rests inside shell of Physa fontinalis
Other: minor host/prey
Animal / parasite / endoparasite
furcocercaria of Cotylurus cornutus endoparasitises Physa fontinalis
Remarks: Other: uncertain
Animal / rests in
metacercarial cyst of Echinoparyphium recurvatum rests inside digestive gland of Physa fontinalis
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Physa fontinalis
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 3 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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There are 3 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
GBMLG1087-06|AY651189|Physa fontinalis| ---------------------------------------ACATTGTATTTAATTTTTGGGGTTTGATGTGGATTGGTTGGAACTGGATTA---AGCTTGTTAATTCGTTTAGAGTTAGGTACAACATTAGTATTATTAGATGAA------CATTTTTATAATGTTATTGTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCAATAATAATTGGTGGGTTTGGTAACTGAATGGTACCT---ATATTAATTGGAGCTCCTGATATAAGATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTACCTCCTTCTTTTATTTTATTATTATGTTCTTCTATAGTTGAAGGAGGAGTAGGGACTGGTTGAACAGTTTACCCACCATTATCTGGTCCTATTGCTCATTCTGGATCATCAGTTGATTTA---GCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGGTTATCTTCTATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTTTTAACATACGATCTCCTGGTATTACACTAGAGCGTATAAGCTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTTCTTATTACTGCATTTTTGTTATTATTATCCTTACCAGTTCTAGCTGGA---GCTATTACTATGTTACTAACAGATCGCAATTTTAATACTAGGTTTTTTGACCCAACCGGAGGTGGAGACCCAATCTCATATAAACATTTG-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Physa fontinalis
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Species: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 3
Species: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
LC
Least Concern
Red List Criteria
Version
3.1
Year Assessed
2011
Assessor/s
Van Damme, D.
Reviewer/s
Bohm, M & Collen, B.
Contributor/s
Justification
Physa fontinalis has been assessed as Least Concern. Despite being recorded on national and regional Red Lists, this species is widely distributed and abundant throughout the Palearctic region, and there are currently no major threats to the status of the population.
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Trends
Population
Population
Population Trend
This species is widespread throughout Europe and Russia, and has been described as being common with a fairly continuous distribution (Leung et al. 2004, D.van Damme pers. comm. 2011).
Population Trend
Stable
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Threats
Threats
Major Threats
Although this species demonstrates a moderate tolerance to pollution, the impacts of water pollution from a variety of sources are the main threat to the global population of this species (D.van Damme pers. comm. 2011).
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Management
Conservation Actions
Conservation Actions
There are no species-specific conservation measures in place and none considered necessary given the range of this holarctic species, however it is considered to be locally threatened. This species is listed as Near Threatened on the Red List of the Czech Republic (Beran et al. 2005), and as 'highly endangered' on the Swiss national Red List (Turner et al. 1994 cited in Byrne et al. 2009). It is also listed as 'R' (Rare) on the regional Red List for the Alsace region (France) (ODONAT 2003 cited in Byrne et al. 2009).
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Wikipedia
Physa fontinalis
Physa fontinalis, common name the common bladder snail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. The shells of this species are left-handed or sinistral.
Distribution
This species is found in the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Croatia[2] and others.
References
- ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. - Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius).
- ^ Beran L. (2009). "The first record of Anisus vorticulus (Troschel, 1834) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Croatia?". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 8: 70. PDF.
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