Anisus leucostoma
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Anisus leucostoma
| Anisus leucostoma | |
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| Shells of Anisus leucostoma | |
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NE[1]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Planorboidea |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Subfamily: | Planorbinae |
| Tribe: | Planorbini |
| Genus: | Anisus |
| Subgenus: | Anisus |
| Species: | A. leucostoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Anisus septemgyratus (Rossmässler, 1835) |
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Anisus leucostoma is a European species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
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Synonyms
According to Glöer (2002)[2] Anisus septemgyratus (Rossmässler, 1835) is a junior synonym of Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813).
Shell description
The shell of this species is about 8 mm in maximum dimension, usually planispiral and tightly coiled, with a white rib in the aperture.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
- Czech Republic - near threatened (NT)[4]
- Germany [5]
- Slovakia
- British Isles, Great Britain, Ireland
References
- ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 27 June 2007.
- ^ Glöer, P. 2002 Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ISBN 3-925919-60-0, page 254-263.
- ^ Janus, Horst, 1965. The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs Burke, London
- ^ Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic
- ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 106, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
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