Gastropoda

(Snails & Limpets)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms:  Marisa cornuarietis (Linnaeus)
                                           (Cauble 1998; Grantham, Moorhead & Willig 1993; Howard 1998; NatureServe 2008; Neck 1984;
                                             Obenoskey 1996; Ourson 1998; Rawlings et al. 2007; TPWD 1992b)

1984 Neck

1992b TPWD
1993 Grantham Moorhead
         Willig
1996 Obenoskey
1998 Cauble
1998 Howard
1998 Ourso

2007 Rawlings et al.
[2008 NatureServe]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-Introduced Species: native to the lowlands of northern South America to southern Central America (Howard 1998) introduced into Texas in 1983 (Neck 1984) into the Comal River in New Braunfels (Howard 1998).  May have been introduced in the pet trade; specimens were sold as M. rotula, or from a university research source (TPWD 1992b)

-live for at least 2 years (Howard 1998)

-most abundant in aquatic macrophyte vegetation and heavily preyed on by crayfish (Howard 1998)