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New Zealand mud snail


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Potamopyrgus antipodarum

  • Ease of care: Beginner 
  • Conservation status: Least Concern


A species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. This aquatic gastropod mollusk is in the family Tateidae.

It is native to New Zealand, where it is found throughout the country, but it has been introduced to many other countries, where it is often considered an invasive species because populations of the snail can reach phenomenal densities.

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