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Bayou physa

Physella hendersoni (Clench, 1925)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The bayou physa (Physella hendersoni) is a species in the family Physidae.

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Quick facts about the bayou 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 bayou physa live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bayou physa as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Austria

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 bayou 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 bayou physa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPhysidae
  5. genusPhysella
  6. SpeciesPhysella hendersoni (Clench, 1925)

Synonyms Physa hendersoni, Physa pomilia hendersoni, Physella hendersoni

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Gestufte BlasenschneckeGerman
  • Hendersons BlasenschneckeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bayou physa

Other species in the same genus Physella.

Ashy physa

Physella acuta

PhysidaeNo free photo yet

Cave physa

Physella spelunca

PhysidaeNo free photo yet

Utah physa

Physella gyrina

PhysidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bayou physa an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bayou physa as introduced in 1 country: Austria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bayou physa (Physella hendersoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bayou-physa

MLA

“Bayou physa (Physella hendersoni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bayou-physa.

BibTeX
@misc{bayou_physa_2026,
  title = {Bayou physa (Physella hendersoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bayou-physa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}