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The North American freshwater gastropod Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) was recorded for the first time in the Middle Volga basin in October 2008. Live specimens and shells of mollusks were found in the coastal zone of Lake Middle Kaban, which is a cooling pond of the Kazan Heat and Electric Power Plant. Most likely, this alien gastropod was introduced into the lake from an amateur aquarium. Within the population of F. fragilis, a variability of shell shape cups was marked.
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Original Russian Text © R.P. Tokinova, 2011, published in Rossiiskii Zhurnal Biologicheskikh Invasii, 2011, No. 4, pp. 77–83.
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Tokinova, R.P. The first finding of the North American freshwater limpets Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Middle Volga basin. Russ J Biol Invasions 3, 52–55 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111712010134
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