Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Hygrophila > Superfamily Lymnaeoidea > Family Physidae > Subfamily Physinae

Physa Draparnaud, 1801

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description	Draparnaud, J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116.
basis of record	Taylor, D. W. (2003). Introduction to Physidae (Gastropoda: Hygrophila); biogeography, classification, morphology. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(Suppl. 1): 1-263 (includes a Catalog of species, pp. 197-263).
additional source	Chamberlin, R. V. & Berry, E. (1933). Mollusks of the Pliocene deposits at Collinston, Utah. The Nautilus. 47(1): 25-29, pls. 4-5.
additional source	Nazneen, S. & Begum, F. (1988). Hydrological studies of Lyari River. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research. 31(1): 26-29.
additional source	Sterki, V. (1891). Some observations on how snails move their odontophores. The Nautilus. 5(8): 95.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Physa Draparnaud, 1801. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181551

Ruud A. Bank. Physa Draparnaud, 1801. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b479dbde-28af-4a5a-b438-c89968d33cd3