The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Gastropoda

(Snails & Limpets)

PLANORBIDAE

Gyraulus parvus (Say)

Ash Gyro

 

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Synonyms:  Planorbis parvus Say
                                           (Henderson 1908; Strecker 1908; Sterki 1912; Vanata 1926)

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

1908 Henderson
1908 Strecker

1912 Sterki

1926 Vanata

1931 Cheatum & Burt

1944 Pilsbry

1960 Branson
1962 Wise
1967 Branson
[1968 Murray & Roy]

 

1972 Cheatum Fullington
         Pratt
[1974 RET Inc]
1978 Fullington
1979 Fullington

1982 Davis MDCC
[1982 Fullington]

1990b Neck
1992 Bayer et al.
1992 Neck & Schramm
1998 Howard

[2008 NatureServe]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-also collected from the Colorado, Guadalupe, Lavaca, San Antonio &/or the NE Nueces River Basins &/or intervening coastal areas (Wise 1962) and from the Trinity River (RET Inc 1974)

-collected as fossils from these counties; Bell, Bosque, Briscoe, Crane, Delta, Denton, Donley,Edwards, Foard, Hall, Hardeman, King, Knox, Lynn, Motley, Randall, Reeves, Tarrant, Ward

-prefers quiet permanent waters with abundant vegetation (Allen & Cheatum 1961)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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