Superfamily Planorboidea Subfamily Planorbinae Rank Species | Tribe Segmentinini | |
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Similar Segmentina, Bathyomphalus contortus, Anisus spirorbis, Hippeutis complanatus, Gyraulus crista | ||
The shining ram's-horn snail, Segmentina nitida, is a species of minute, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.
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Description
The shell of this species is sinistral in coiling and almost planispiral in shape. The spire is deeply sunken. The surface of the shell is glossy.
The maximum shell diameter is about 7 mm.
Habitat
This species lives in water weeds, in ponds and marsh drainage ditches. It is uncommon to rare.
Distribution
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
References
Segmentina nitida Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA