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Galba techella

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G4G5Q
State (S-rank): SH

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Species range

Galba techella is broadly distributed throughout North America.

Habitat

Brooks (1936) reported this gastropod in Utah from a "[p]ond ... altitude 10,000 feet." Gregg (1941) recorded it at multiple Utah localities from 8,000 to 10,000 feet and at which he mentioned "a series of springs in a swampy meadow [that] formed brooklets."

Threats or limiting factors

Threats to Galba techella include: urban development, pollution, water management, improper grazing practices, habitat shifting and alteration, and increased temperatures.

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Multicellular organisms that are autotrophic or make complex carbohydrates from basic constituents. Most use photosynthesis.

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary

Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Have feathers and lay eggs

Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell and a toothed tongue or radula. Have a mantle that lines and secretes the shell and a muscular foot that allows for movement.

Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.


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