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Hemisinus theminckianus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853) Melania helena von dem Busch, 1847 (original combination) Melania theminckiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1853. Anentome helena, common name assassin snail or bumblebee snail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod in the family Nassariidae, most of which are marine.
A. Adams, 1855[1] Type species. Clea nigricans A. Adams, 1855. Synonyms [2] Quadrasia Crosse, 1886. Clea is a genus of freshwater snails with opercula, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Anentominae of the family Nassariidae, a family, almost all of the rest of which are marine.
Invasive species in California, the introduced species of fauna−animals and flora−plants that are established and have naturalized within California.. Native plants and animals can become threatened endangered species from the spread of invasive species in natural habitats and/or developed areas (e.g. agriculture, transport, settlement).
The snail lives for about two or three years, and when fully grown its shell is about 1.5 inches wide and an inch tall. Wood views the snails and other small species like it as rivets in the ...
Megastraea undosa. Shell and operculum of Megastraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828), measuring 71.4 mm height by 89.9 mm diameter, collected at Salt Creek Beach, Laguna Niguel, in California. An old empty shell of Megastraea undosa, wedged under a rock and covered in the pink coralline alga Lithothamnion, which has cemented it to the substrate.
A parasite called Heterobilharzia americana, a flatworm commonly referred to as liver fluke, was behind the illness of the 11 dogs. The parasite normally makes its home in Texas and in the South ...
Snails as food. Snail dish from Toledo, Spain. Snails are eaten by humans in many areas such as Africa, Southeast Asia and Mediterranean Europe, while in other cultures, snails are seen as a taboo food. In English, edible land snails are commonly called escargot, from the French word for 'snail'. [1] Snails as a food date back to ancient times ...
Walmart in California’s Central Valley shuts down after 3-alarm fire prompts store’s evacuation. Stephen Hobbs. June 22, 2024 at 3:42 PM. The roof of a Walmart in Lodi caught fire Saturday ...