The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Gastropoda

(Snails & Limpets)

ANCYLIDAE

Laevapex fuscus (Adams)

North American Pond Limpet or Dusky Ancylid

 

 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms:  Laevapex diaphanus (Haldeman)
                                           (Fullington 1978)

 

 

 

Distribution Citations

1976a McMahon
1977 McMahan & Hopkins
1978 Fullington

[1982 Fullington]

1992 Bayer et al.
1992 Neck & Schultz

 

[2008 NatureServe]

 

 

 

 

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

notes:

-frequently found at the base of rooted aquatic vegetation along the margins of  ponds and lakes (McMahan 1976a)

-has a bivoltine life cycle in Texas, and occasionally trivoltine (McMahan 1976a)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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