Superfamily Planorboidea Subfamily Planorbinae Rank Species | Tribe Planorbini Higher classification Gyraulus | |
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Similar Gyraulus laevis, Gyraulus, Bathyomphalus contortus, Anisus spirorbis, Gastropods | ||
Gyraulus riparius is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
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Distribution
The distribution of this species is Holarctic:
Habitat
This small snail lives on water plants in freshwater.
Shell description
The shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.
References
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