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Ferrissia gentilis
Ferrissia gentilis is a species of a small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusc belonging to the Planorbidae family, which includes ram's horn snails and related allies.
From the article Ferrissia gentilis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
This freshwater limpet is endemic to Brazil, where it is known from the coastal regions of Goiás, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina in the south of the country.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
F. gentilis occurs in ponds and rivers, where it is found on substrates dominated by organic material and sludge. It commonly associates with the roots of the Water Hyacinth species Eichhornia azurea and E. crassipes.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 150437.