Oval Ambersnail
Novisuccinea ovalis
Mollusca
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 1-2 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The oval ambersnail is a land-dwelling mollusk found in damp forests and wetlands. Its shell is so thin and translucent that you can see its internal organs pulsing underneath.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult shell size or body length.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Succineidae
- Genus
- Novisuccinea
- Species
- Novisuccinea ovalis