Superfamily Planorboidea Subfamily Planorbinae Rank Species | Tribe Planorbini | |
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Similar Anisus, Anisus vortex, Segmentina nitida, Anisus spirorbis, Planorbis planorbis | ||
Melcul cu carlig anisus vorticulus
The lesser ramshorn snail, Anisus vorticulus, is a species of minute, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.
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Distribution
This species is mentioned in annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive.
It occurs in:
Habitat
This small snail lives in pools with standing water and in oxbow lakes, but these biotopes are threatened because of sedimentation and ecological succession.
In the Czech Republic this species usually lives in biotopes where there are lots of Lemna trisulca.
Water quality that is suitable for Anisus vorticulus is water without turbidity; with a pH from 7 to 7,5; with calcium from 40 to 400 mg/l and with electrical conductivity from 200 to 1100 mS/m.
References
Anisus vorticulus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA