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Valvata macrostoma

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Kingdom
  
Superfamily
  
Valvatoidea

Genus
  
Phylum
  
Class
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Valvata macrostoma

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Species

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Subgenus
  
TropidinaH. & A. Adams, 1854

Similar
  
Valvata, Valvata cristata, Valvata piscinalis, Bathyomphalus contortus, Segmentina nitida

Valvata macrostoma is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the following countries and islands:

  • Czech Republic - in Bohemia only
  • Slovakia
  • Poland
  • Germany - high endangered (Stark gefährdet)
  • Netherlands
  • Great Britain
  • Ecology

    This freshwater snail lives in marshes and very small canals that have a very rich fauna and calcium-rich water.

    Myzyk (2004) described life cycle of Valvata macrostoma.

    References

    Valvata macrostoma Wikipedia


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