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Stagnicola palustris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Lymnaeidae

Scientific name
  
Stagnicola palustris

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Lymnaeoidea

Subfamily
  
Lymnaeinae

Rank
  
Species

Stagnicola palustris Stagnicola palustris

Similar
  
Stagnicola, Radix peregra, Planorbis planorbis, Anisus vortex, Segmentina nitida

Moeraspoelslak stagnicola palustris 3 avi


Stagnicola palustris is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

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Stagnicola palustris Weichtiere Sachsen

Moeraspoelslak stagnicola palustris 1 avi


Taxonomy

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Stagnicola turricula is a synonym of Stagnicola palustris, because they are genetically independent, but it is still sometimes listed separately.

Description

The dimensions of the shell of an adult of this species are from about 10 to 18 mm in length, and about 6 to 10 mm in width.

Distribution

This species of snail occurs in European countries and islands including:

  • Croatia
  • Stagnicola palustris - Czech Republic - data deficient (DD)
  • Germany - (Arten der Vorwarnliste)
  • Great Britain
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Slovakia

    • Habitat

    This snail lives in shallow, well-aerated freshwater habitats.

    Stagnicola palustris Moeraspoelslak Stagnicola palustris 3AVI YouTube


    Stagnicola palustris BOLD Systems Taxonomy Browser Stagnicola palustris species


    Stagnicola palustris UWL Website

    References

    Stagnicola palustris Wikipedia
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