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Ashy physa

Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The ashy physa (Physella acuta) is a species in the family Physidae.

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Quick facts about the ashy physa

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ashy physa live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the ashy physa as introduced in 37 countries, and flagged as invasive in 8 of them.

  1. Argentinainvasive
  2. Georgiainvasive
  3. Hungaryinvasive
  4. Icelandinvasive
  5. Italyinvasive
  6. Namibiainvasive
  7. North Macedoniainvasive
  8. Portugalinvasive
  9. Albania
  10. Austria
  11. Belarus
  12. Belgium
  13. Bolivia
  14. Brazil
  15. Bulgaria
  16. Cyprus
  17. Czechia
  18. Denmark
  19. France
  20. French Polynesia
  21. Germany
  22. Ireland
  23. Israel
  24. Japan
Show 13 more countries
  1. Latvia
  2. New Zealand
  3. Peru
  4. Poland
  5. Romania
  6. Russia
  7. South Africa
  8. Spain
  9. St. Martin
  10. Sweden
  11. Switzerland
  12. Ukraine
  13. United Kingdom

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the ashy physa endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ashy physa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPhysidae
  5. genusPhysella
  6. SpeciesPhysella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)

Synonyms Aplecta orbignyi, Aplecta rivalis, Aplexa orbignyi, Aplexa rivalis, Bulinus acutus, Bulinus acutus normalis, Bulla rivalis, Costatella acuta, Haitia acuta, Haitia cubensis, Haitia integra, Haitia mexicana, Limnaea ambigua, Limnaea compacta, Lymnaea heterostropha, Physa achaiae, Physa acroxa, Physa acuta, Physa acuta var. bulla, Physa acuta var. caerulescens, Physa acuta var. castanea, Physa acuta var. fusca, Physa acuta var. gibbosa, Physa acuta var. major, Physa acuta var. minima, Physa acuta var. minor, Physa acuta var. septentrionalis, Physa acuta var. subacuta, Physa acuta var. thermalis, Physa acuta var. ventricosa, Physa anatina, Physa ancillaria crassa, Physa ancillaria var. crassa, Physa balteata, Physa berendti, Physa berendti var. intermedia, Physa billingsii, Physa borbonica, Physa borbornica, Physa burriana, Physa buschii, Physa caliban, Physa californica, Physa castanea, Physa castanea var. globosa, Physa charpentieri, Physa crandalli, Physa cubensis, Physa cupreonitens, Physa dilucida, Physa distinguenda, Physa dorbigniana, Physa elliptica var. minor, Physa fontana, Physa forsheyi, Physa forsheyi grosvenorii, Physa gallica, Physa gibbosa var. rubella, Physa grosvenorii, Physa halei, Physa havanensis, Physa heterostropha, Physa heterostropha var. alba, Physa heterostropha var. gibbosa, Physa heterostropha var. minor, Physa heterostropha var. penicillata, Physa humerosa interioris, Physa inflata, Physa integer, Physa integer billingsii, Physa integra, Physa lata, Physa mamoi, Physa marci, Physa martorelli, Physa massoti, Physa mediana, Physa mexicana, Physa mexicana var. acutissima, Physa mexicana var. conoidea, Physa mexicana var. minima, Physa mexicana var. minor, Physa mexicana var. ovalis, Physa mexicana var. parva, Physa mexicana var. plicata, Physa mexicana var. tolucensis, Physa michiganensi, Physa nana, Physa niagarensis, Physa oneida, Physa parva, Physa perrisiana, Physa philippii, Physa pisana, Physa plicata, Physa polakowskii, Physa politissima, Physa primeana, Physa rhomboidea, Physa rivalis, Physa rivularia, Physa saintsimonis, Physa salteli, Physa say, Physa sayi, Physa seychellana, Physa solida, Physa solidior, Physa sparsestriata, Physa strebeli, Physa striata, Physa subopaca, Physa subopaca var. minor, Physa subopaca var. nilotica, Physa syriaca, Physa tehuantepecensis, Physa tenerifae, Physa tenerifae var. fuerteventurae, Physa tenerifae var. gomerana, Physa tenerifae var. grancanariae, Physa tenerifae var. palmaensis, Physa tenuissima, Physa virgata, Physa walkeri, Physa winnipegensis, Physella acuta, Physella conoidea, Physella cubensis, Physella heterostropha, Physella integra, Physella mexicana, Physella sayi, Physella virgata, Physella winnipegensis, Physopsis letourneuxi, Physopsis lhotellerii

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • Acute bladder snailEnglish
  • Bladder snailEnglish
  • Carib physaEnglish
  • European physaEnglish
  • Pewter physaEnglish
  • Pointed bladder snailEnglish
  • Polished physaEnglish
  • Protean physaEnglish
  • Sharp-spired bladder snailEnglish
  • Tadpole snailEnglish
  • SkerppuntblaasslakAfrikaans
  • Caragol de Bufeta PunxegutCatalan
  • levatka ostráCzech
  • Spitze BlasenschneckeGerman
  • Caracol de vejiga afiladaSpanish
  • karkurikotiloFinnish
  • Physe d'AmériqueFrench
  • בועונית חדהHebrew
  • Tömzsi hólyagcsigaHungarian
  • Chiocciola sinistrorsaItalian
  • サカマキガイJapanese
  • 왼돌이물달팽이Korean
  • Smailiakiautė pūsliasraigėLithuanian
  • puntige blaashorenDutch
  • Rozdętka zaostrzonaPolish
  • Caracol-bexigaPortuguese
  • Заостренная физаRussian
  • fyza končistáSlovak
  • kërmilli mëshikëz me majëAlbanian
  • amerikansk blåssnäckaSwedish
  • หอยคันเวียนซ้ายThai
  • KgopaTswana
  • Пухирчик загостренийUkrainian
  • 囊螺Chinese
  • Physe aiguëFrench
  • Physe américaineFrench
  • Physe voyageuseFrench
  • Amerikaanse blaashorenDutch
  • sydeuropeisk båtsnäckaSwedish
  • sydeuropeisk blåssnäckaSwedish
  • 尖小膀胱螺Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ashy physa

Other species in the same genus Physella.

Cave physa

Physella spelunca

PhysidaeNo free photo yet

Utah physa

Physella gyrina

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the ashy physa an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the ashy physa as invasive in 8 countries, including Argentina, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland and Italy. It lists it as introduced in 37 in all.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ashy physa (Physella acuta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ashy-physa

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BibTeX
@misc{ashy_physa_2026,
  title = {Ashy physa (Physella acuta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ashy-physa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}