Japanese Mystery Snail
Cipangopaludina japonica (von Martens, 1861)
Japanese Mystery Snail: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/16406
Synonyms
Bellamya japonica  Japanese Mysterysnail 

Seasonality Snapshot

Status

According to USGS (2017), non-indigenous occurrences of this species are as follows: " Mid-Atlantic Region: Concord River, Massachusetts. Great Lakes: Japanese mystery snails was found for the first time in Lake Erie in the 1940s (Mills et al. 1993, Wolfert and Hiltunen 1968). There are also some specimens of this species from Green Bay, Lake Michigan from some time before 1968 (Wolfert and Hiltunen 1968)."

Description

See USGS identification notes. Compare very similar Chinese Mystery Snail.

MBP marks as "Invasive" any taxon listed in the Maryland Invasive Species Council (MISC) list of Invasive Species of Concern in Maryland. You can read their criteria and review the lists here: https://mdinvasives.org/species-of-concern/. Use of media featured on Maryland Biodiversity Project is only permitted with express permission of the photographer.

Source: Wikipedia

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