Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Planorbidae Scientific name Gyraulus rossmaessleri | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Planorboidea Subfamily Planorbinae Rank Species | |
Similar Gyraulus riparius, Gyraulus laevis, Anisus spirorbis, Bathyomphalus contortus, Gyraulus crista | ||
Gyraulus rossmaessleri is a small species of 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. It occurs in countries and islands including:
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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