''Novisuccinea ovalis'', commonly called the oval ambersnail, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of air-breathing land snail, a

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pulmonate gastropod

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in the family

Succineidae Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails (and slugs), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Succineoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Succineidae Beck, 1837. Accessed thr ...

, the ambersnails.

Distribution

This species occurs in North America.

Parasites

Parasites of ''Novisuccinea ovalis'' include: * ''

Leucochloridium variae ''Leucochloridium variae'', the brown-banded broodsac, is a species of trematode whose life cycle involves the alternate parasitic invasion of certain species of snail and bird. While there is no external evidence of the worm's existence within ...

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References

External links

* Hoagland K. E. & Davis G. M. (1987). "The succineid snail fauna of Chittenango Falls, New York: taxonomic status with comparisons to other relevant taxa". ''

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Succineidae Molluscs of North America Fauna of the Great Lakes region (North America) Gastropods described in 1817 {{Succineidae-stub