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  - Phylum - Mollusks - Mollusca
    - Class - Snails / Slugs - Gastropoda
      - Order - Aquatic Snails - Basommatophora
        
        Family - Fossarias / Pondsnails / Lanxs - Lymnaeidae
        
        Species - Golden Fossaria - Galba obrussa

Golden Fossaria - Galba obrussa

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

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General Description

Fossaria obrussa is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the Fossarias and pond snails.

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Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database

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Number of Observations: 33
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Recency

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Ecology

Species may be found in intermittent waters including temporary ponds and streams:

Stewardship Responsibility

References

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- Berry, S.S. 1916. Notes of Mollusca of central Montana. Nautilus 29:124-128.
- Hendricks, P., S. Lenard, D.M. Stagliano, and B.A. Maxell. 2013. Baseline nongame wildlife surveys on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Report to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 83 p.
- Russell, R. H. 1967. Freshwater Snails of the Family Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: Basommatophora) From Western Montana. M.S. Thesis. University of Montana, Missoula. 139 Pp.
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Citation for data on this website:
Golden Fossaria — Galba obrussa. MONTANA FIELD GUIDE™. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on October 1, 2026, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IMGASL1120