Viviparus georgianus
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Viviparus georgianus, common name the banded mystery snail, is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.
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Viviparus georgianus | |
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A shell of Viviparus georgianus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Family: | Viviparidae |
Genus: | Viviparus |
Species: | V. georgianus |
Binomial name | |
Viviparus georgianus | |
Synonyms | |
Paludina georgiana (basionym)[2] Callinina georgiana (Lea, 1834) |
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This snail is native to the southeastern United States. The specific epithet georgianus is a reference to the southern State of Georgia, where the type locality is situated.