Tag: Arctic Pond Snail

23/150: And you thought only vertebrates breathe with lungs? Meet the Arctic Pond Snail

Feb 27, 2017

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by

Zummara Tanwir

in #Biodiversity150

Animalia: Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hygrophila: Lymnaeidae: Stagnicola: Stagnicola arctica (Lea, 1864) The Arctic Pond Snail (Stagnicola arctica) is a freshwater gastropod belonging to the family Lymnaeidae. This species occurs across northern Canada from Labrador to the Yukon Territory and are typically found in lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, ditches and muskeg pools.