Ferrissia californica is a species of small freshwater limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae.[2]
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| Ferrissia californica |
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Scientific classification  |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| Superorder: |
Hygrophila |
| Family: |
Planorbidae |
| Genus: |
Ferrissia |
| Species: |
F. californica |
| Binomial name |
Ferrissia californica
(Rowell, 1863) |
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| Synonyms[1] |
- Ancylus (Ferrissia) hendersoni B. Walker, 1908
- Ancylus (Ferrissia) novangliae B. Walker, 1908
- Ancylus caurinus W. Cooper, 1860 (nomen nudum)
- Ancylus caurinus J. G. Cooper, 1870
- Ancylus fragilis Tryon, 1863
- Ancylus obliquus Shimek, 1890
- Ancylus pumilus Sterki, 1900
- Ancylus sharpi Sykes, 1900
- Ancylus shimeki Pilsbry, 1890 (replacement name)
- Ferrissia (Kincaidilla) fragilis (Tryon, 1863)· accepted, alternate representation
- Ferrissia bartschi B. Walker, 1920
- Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863)
- Ferrissia japonica Habe & J. B. Burch, 1965 (a junior synonym)
- Ferrissia sharpi (Sykes, 1900)
- Ferrissia wautieri (Miroli, 1960)
- Gundlachia (Kincaidilla) japonica J. B. Burch, 1964 (a junior synonym)
- Gundlachia californica Rowell, 1863 (original combination)
- Gundlachia meekiana Stimpson, 1863
- Gundlachia stimpsoniana S. Smith in S. Smith & Prime, 1870
- Pettancylus sharpi (Sykes, 1900)
- Watsonula wautieri Mirolli, 1960
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This species has a limpet like shell. In captivity the shell is clear but in the wild it is light to dark brown.[3]
This species originates from North America. It is introduced in several countries and islands including:
Ferrissia californica lives in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, etc. It can be found on rocks, wood debris, aquatic plants, and dead leaves.[9]
Ferrissia californica eats mostly diatoms.[10]
Ferrissia californica is a obligate self-fertilizer. It lays eggs that are 0.6 mm and contain one juvenile. The eggs hatch in about seven days. They mature at between four and five weeks. Adults are about 2 mm.[11]
Ferrissia californica is found in the aquarium trade and is considered an aquarium pest.[12]
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Ramdini Ramdane, Dirk Van Damme, Sadouk Ghania & Medjdoub-Bensaad Ferroudja (2020). "Rediscovery of Armiger crista (Linnaeus, 1857) (Gastropoda Planorbidae) in Algeria". Biodiversity Journal 11(4): 821–824.
Blinn, W.; Truitt, Robt. E.; Pickart, Anne (1989). "Feeding Ecology and Radular Morphology of the Freshwater Limpet Ferrissia fragilis". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 8 (3): 237–242. doi:10.2307/1467327. JSTOR 1467327.
