{"id":151424,"date":"2021-12-07T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=151424"},"modified":"2021-12-07T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:09:00","slug":"highly-invasive-snail-spotted-in-kerala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/highly-invasive-snail-spotted-in-kerala\/","title":{"rendered":"Highly invasive snail spotted in Kerala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Researchers have found a tiny snail species named<\/span> Physella Acuta also known as acute bladder snail in the Edappally canal in Kochi, Kerala. This snail species is globally branded as a Highly Invasive Species.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note:<\/strong>\u00a0An invasive species is an organism that causes ecological or economic harm\u00a0<\/strong>in a new environment where it is not native<\/strong>.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
About Physella Acuta (acute bladder snail)<\/b><\/h5>\n

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Physella acuta is a snail species. It is considered native to North America but is now found in all continents except Antarctica.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The snail is small in size with a striking, pellucid, golden-yellow shell. It can also easily be identified by its sinistral (left-opening aperture) shell.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its good looks make this snail a favourite of aquariums. However, special care should be taken while dealing with this snail and it should not be kept in home aquariums.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was first reported in India in the early 1990s. It has been reported for the first time in Kerala. It is believed to have reached Kerala through the aquarium trade, a major vector for invasive species.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is Physella Acuta considered an Invasive Species?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Physella Acuta plays host to worms that can cause food-borne diseases and skin itches in humans.\u00a0 <\/span>Moreover, its rapid growth rate, air-breathing capability, and tolerance to pollution makes the Physella acuta a potential competitor to native fauna.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:<\/b> This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>Highly invasive snail spotted in Kerala<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published in <\/span>The Hindu on 7th December 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the News? Researchers have found a tiny snail species named Physella Acuta also known as acute bladder snail in the Edappally canal in Kochi, Kerala. This snail species is globally branded as a Highly Invasive Species. Note:\u00a0An invasive species is an organism that causes ecological or economic harm\u00a0in a new environment where it… Continue reading Highly invasive snail spotted in Kerala<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-151424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698340043},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}