Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Rissooidea Genus Bithynia Scientific name Bithynia leachii Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Bithyniidae Subgenus Codiella Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Bithynia, Bithynia tentaculata, Bithyniidae, Valvata cristata, Gyraulus crista | ||
Bithynia leachii is species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
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Distribution
It is a Palearctic species found in North Africa and Europe to East Siberia.
Shell description
The width of the shell is 3-7 mm. The height of the shell is 4-8 mm. The colour is brown or grey. There are 4 to 4.5 very convex whorls forming a short cone with a very deep suture in comparison to Bithynia tentaculata. The spire is shorter and less sharp than in Bithynia tentaculata. The aperture and operculum upside are smoothly rounded. The aperture is without a sharp point on the upper corner.
Habitat
This species requires clean, calcium-rich water, which is slow-running and thickly weeded.
Parasites
Parasites of Bithynia leachii include:
References
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