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Quick facts for kids Novisuccinea ovalis

Drawing of Novisuccinea ovalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora clade Elasmognatha
Superfamily:	Succineoidea
Family:	Succineidae
Subfamily:	Succineinae
Genus:	Novisuccinea
Species:	N. ovalis
Binomial name
*Novisuccinea ovalis* (Say, 1817)
Synonyms
Succinea ovalis Succinea obliqua

Novisuccinea ovalis, common name the oval ambersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the ambersnails.

Drawing of the shell of Novisuccinea ovalis

Distribution

This species occurs in North America.

Parasites

Parasites of Novisuccinea ovalis include:

Leucochloridium variae

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