Chinese Mystery Snail
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| Scientific name | Cipangopaludina chinensis |
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| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Conservation status | Least Concern (Population increasing) |
| Higher classification | Cipangopaludina |
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Did you know | Cipangopaludina chinensis was found for the first time in Oneida Lake, which flows to Lake Ontario, in 1977-1978. |
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| ID | 1259004 |
About Chinese Mystery Snail
The Chinese mystery snail, black snail, or trapdoor snail, is a large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae. The Japanese variety of this species is black and usually a dark green, moss-like alga covers the shell.
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