Physella johnsoni — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Physidae/Physella

At a glance

Occurrence records72

Data sources7

Biological traits2

DNA specimens7

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Physella johnsoni's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility72 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF72 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD7 specimens

01Narrative

The Banff Springs snail (Physella johnsoni) is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail in the family Physidae. Based on molecular research, it appears that Physella johnsoni separated out as a species from Physella gyrina about 10,000 years ago.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

05DNA & barcoding7 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Physella johnsoni has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens7

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type72 records

Wild obs. + sensor66

Museum / vouchered6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO28 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 40≤1 km 6≤10 km 3>10 km 1

50 georeferenced · 16 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor66

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 5

5 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence6

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	5
Toronto, CA	1

2 institutions · 6 of 6 vouchered records shown