Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Lymnaeidae Scientific name Radix rubiginosa | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Lymnaeoidea Subfamily Lymnaeinae Rank Species | |
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Similar Radix, Austropeplea, Radix natalensis, Radix ampla, Radix peregra | ||
Radix rubiginosa is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
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This species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Radix auricularia.
Distribution
This species occurs in its native range in:
It occurs as an introduced "hothouse alien" in:
Description
The shape of the shell is elongated and cylindrical. The shell has 5 whorls.
The aperture is moderately expanded. The width of the aperture is 4-5 mm. The height of the aperture is 7-11 mm.
The width of the shell is 5-8 mm. The height of the shell is 11-20 mm.
Habitat
This species inhabits small canals.
Parasites
Parasites of Radix rubiginosa include:
References
Radix rubiginosa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA