Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Partial Species List of Invertebrates Present in Wetlands of the Prairie Pothole Regiona | ||||
| Gastropoda Hydrobiidae - Annelida Tubificidae | ||||
| Taxon | Referenceb | |||
| Gastropoda | ||||
| Hydrobiidae | ||||
| Cincinnatia cincinnatiensis (Anthony) | 1 | |||
| Amnicola limosa (Say) | 1 | |||
| Lymnaeidae | ||||
| Fossaria obrussa (Say) | 1 | |||
| Lymnaea stanalis (L.) | 1, 21 | |||
| Stagnicola caperata (Say) | 1, 8 | |||
| Stagnicola elodes (Say) | 1, 8 | |||
| Physidae | ||||
| Aplexa hypnorum (L.) | 1 | |||
| Physa heterostropha (Say) | 6 | |||
| Physa gyrina (Say) | 1 | |||
| Physa integra Haldeman | 1 | |||
| Physa jennessi Dall | 8 | |||
| Planorbidae | ||||
| Armiger crista (L.) | 1, 6, 8 | |||
| Gyraulus circumstriatus (Tryon) | 1, 9 | |||
| Gyraulus parvus (Say) | 1, 6, 9 | |||
| Helisoma anseps (Mente) | 1 | |||
| Helisoma trivolvis (Say) | 1 | |||
| Planorbula armigera (Say) | 1 | |||
| Planorbula campestris (Dawson) | 1 | |||
| Promenetus exacuous (Say) | 1, 6, 9 | |||
| Promenetus umbilicatellus (Cock.) | 9 | |||
| Valvatidae | ||||
| Valvata tricarinata (Say) | 1 | |||
| Annelida | ||||
| Hirudinea | ||||
| Glossiphoniidae | ||||
| Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (L.) | 6 | |||
| Helobdella fusca (Castle) | 6 | |||
| Marvinmeyeria lucida (Moore) | 6 | |||
| Erpobdellidae | ||||
| Erpobdella punctata (Leidy) | 17 | |||
| Nephelopsis obscura (Verrill) | 17 | |||
| Oligochaeta | ||||
| Lumbriculidae | ||||
| Lumbriculus variegatus (Muller) | 6 | |||
| Naididae | ||||
| Chaetogaster diaphanus (Gruit.) | 6 | |||
| Tubificidae | ||||
| Tubifex tubifex (Muller) | 17 | |||
| aLarge prairie marshes such as the Delta Marsh are not included in this list; see Rosenberg and Danks (1987) for species lists from larger marshes in Canada. | ||||
| bReferences: 1, Alby (1968); 2, Applegate (1973); 3, Bick et al. (1977); 4, Brooks and Kelton (1967); 5, Cvancara (1983); 6, Daborn (1974); 7, Driver (1977); 8, Euliss and Mushet (unpublished data); 9, Gleason (1996); 10, Hanson and Swanson (1989); 11, Jacobson (1969); 12, Meyer and Swanson (1982); 13, Morrill (1987); 14, Nelson (1989); 15, Parker (1985); 16, Parker (1992); 17, Rasmussen (1983); 18, Sawchyn and Gillot (1974a); 19, Sawchyn and Gillot (1974b); 20, Swanson (1984); 21, Swanson et al. (1988); 22, Wrubleski (1996); 23, Wrubleski (unpublished data). | ||||
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