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Utah physa

Physella gyrina (Say, 1821)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The utah physa (Physella gyrina) is a species in the family Physidae.

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Quick facts about the utah physa

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

Where does the utah physa live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the utah physa as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Ireland
  3. 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 utah 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 utah physa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPhysidae
  5. genusPhysella
  6. SpeciesPhysella gyrina (Say, 1821)

Synonyms Aplexa microstriata, Archiphysa parkeri, Bulinus crassulus typica, Physa albofilata, Physa altonensis, Physa ampullacea, Physa amygdalus, Physa ancillaria, Physa ancillaria magnalacustris, Physa ancillaria var. magnalacustris, Physa aurea, Physa binneyana, Physa blandii, Physa brevispira, Physa bullata, Physa carltonii, Physa concolor, Physa coniformis, Physa crocata, Physa cylindrica, Physa deformis, Physa diaphana, Physa elliptica, Physa elliptica troostiana, Physa elliptica var. decollata, Physa febigerii, Physa forsheyi f. whitei, Physa fragilis, Physa gabbii, Physa goodrichi, Physa gouldi, Physa gyrina, Physa gyrina albofilata, Physa gyrina byersi, Physa gyrina elliptica, Physa gyrina f. aurea, Physa gyrina f. febigerii, Physa gyrina f. hawni, Physa gyrina f. nicklinii, Physa gyrina f. smithsoniana, Physa gyrina gyrina, Physa gyrina hildrethiana, Physa gyrina oleacea, Physa gyrina var. albofilata, Physa hawnii, Physa heterostropha var. heterostrophella, Physa heterostrophella, Physa heterostrophella f. brevis, Physa heterostrophella f. elongata, Physa hildrethiana, Physa jennessi athearni, Physa lordi utahensis, Physa magnalacustris, Physa malleata, Physa margarita, Physa microstoma, Physa niagarensis f. saffordii, Physa nicklinii, Physa nuttallii, Physa obesa, Physa occidentalis, Physa oleacea, Physa parkeri, Physa plena, Physa remingtoni, Physa saffordii, Physa salina, Physa sayi warreniana, Physa sayii, Physa smithi, Physa smithiana, Physa smithsoniana, Physa subarata, Physa subrotunda, Physa triticea, Physa troostensis, Physa troostiana, Physa venusta, Physa warreniana, Physa whitei, Physa wolfiana, Physella ancillaria, Physella aurea, Physella bayfieldensis, Physella brevispira, Physella chetekensis, Physella elliptica, Physella gyrina aurea, Physella magnalacustris, Physella microstoma, Physella microstriata, Physella obrussoides, Physella parkeri, Physella utahensis, Physella wrighti, Utahphysa microstriata

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Banded physaEnglish
  • Blunt albino physaEnglish
  • Broadshoulder physaEnglish
  • Fish Lake physaEnglish
  • Great lakes physaEnglish
  • Lake Winnipeg physa snailEnglish
  • Pumpkin physaEnglish
  • San Rafael physaEnglish
  • Sonoma physaEnglish
  • Tadpole bladder snailEnglish
  • Tadpole physaEnglish
  • Twisted physaEnglish
  • Glänzende BlasenschneckeGerman
  • physe communeFrench
  • タスキガケサカマキガイJapanese
  • Physe à points blancsFrench
  • physe du lac WinnipegFrench
  • physelle émoussée albinosFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the utah physa

Other species in the same genus Physella.

Ashy physa

Physella acuta

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Cave physa

Physella spelunca

PhysidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the utah physa an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the utah physa as introduced in 3 countries: Austria, Ireland and United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Utah physa (Physella gyrina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/utah-physa

MLA

“Utah physa (Physella gyrina).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/utah-physa.

BibTeX
@misc{utah_physa_2026,
  title = {Utah physa (Physella gyrina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/utah-physa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}