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The article says "the New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) is a small freshwater snail, 1-2mm in length". Really? First site I googled said they grew 11 to 12 mm in the USA. Any experts here? Moriori04:26, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I should have read the text of #2 and #3 more carefully; they say 5 mm and 1/4 inch (6 mm). This agrees with your link, but doesn't seem to be reflected in the photos. Maybe the typical size is much smaller than the maximum. -- Avenue08:20, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It seems pretty clear these articles should be merged, but what's the best title? Spacing in the name seems to vary (e.g. mudsnail [5][6], mud snail [7][8]). -- Avenue19:21, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Heh, well if that don't beat all, three articles on the same subject! Please excuse my sloppiness in not doing a complete search - google obviously wasn't giving any Wikipedia links to "mudsnail", and I didn't find it in any of the likely categories. As to which name is preferable, I can't find any express preference in online sources. (Species2000 even gives its name as "Jenkins spire shell"). I prefer to use the ISSG source as a baseline and go with mudsnail, but then I'm biased as I wrote that version of the article! On a related note, I notice that the taxonomies are different - most of the databases I've checked indicate that Neotaenioglossa is the appropriate Order. The picture is certainly a duplicate, and I'll go speedy the newer one now... Ziggurat20:54, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Mud snail please, as in New Zealand mud snail for the heading. "Mud snail" gets 767, 000 google hits. "Mudsnail" gets 21,400. Moriori23:30, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Given that there's more than one "mud snail" from New Zealand, this strengthens the argument for capitalising the name (to make it clear we are talking about a particular species). -- Avenue03:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've merged the two articles, although some trimming is probably still needed to avoid repetition. More referencing would be useful too. -- Avenue16:07, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I would be tempted to put the fairly large section about the snail in the USA and some other places under the heading 'invasive species' or something like that. Most of the paragraph on distribution has more to do with how the snail is dispersed as oppose to where it is found. I would leave a small summary of the snail's distribution under the 'distribution' heading, and put the 'invasive species' heading after ecology.
Wise zoologist (talk) 11:43, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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