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NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species |
Common Name: liver elimia
Size: can reach 20 mm in length
Native Range:
St.
Lawrence River drainage from Great Lake to Lake Champlain; tributaries
of the Ohio River east of the Scioto River in Ohio; Wabash River, west
to the Illinois River.
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Lower Hudson River drainage.
Means of Introduction:
Migrated via the Erie Canal to the
Status:
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Found in freshwater rivers and streams on rock shoals and gravel bars. Sexes are separate and eggs are usually laid in spring in Elimia snails; often sexually mature in a year; can live 5 years.
References
Author: Amy Benson
Revision Date: 11/1/2003 Citation for this information:
Amy Benson. 2009. Elimia livescens. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=2233> Revision Date: 11/1/2003
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