Rank Species | Superfamily Viviparoidea Subfamily Viviparinae Scientific name Viviparus contectus Higher classification Viviparus | |
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Similar Viviparus, Viviparus viviparus, Molluscs, Gastropods, Viviparidae | ||
Viviparus contectus, common name Lister's river snail, is a species of large, freshwater snail with an operculum and a gill, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.
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Distribution
This species is palaearctic in distribution, specifically Europe and western Siberia, including:
Habitat
This large snail lives in slow flowing rivers and canals which are unpolluted, and which have hard water with many water weeds.
References
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