First record of an amber snail Succinea daucina Pfeiffer, 1855 (Gastropoda: Succineidae) from Bihar, India
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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9008.17.7.27303-27307Keywords:
Amphibious, land snail, Patna, pond sediments, pseudo-amphibious, semi-aquatic behavior, shells, urban pondsAbstract
An air-breathing land snail, Succinea daucina Pfeiffer 1855, was recorded in pond sediments of Patna, Bihar, for the first time. Two urban ponds were selected for the study, in which 10 shells of Succinea daucina were collected.
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