About Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817)
Novisuccinea ovalis, commonly known as the oval ambersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail. It is classified as a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, which includes all ambersnails. This species is distributed across eastern and central North America, found throughout the United States from Maine to the Midwest, and across Canada from the Maritime Provinces to Saskatchewan, primarily along river systems. It is currently considered extirpated from the state of Mississippi.
