Lymnaea stagnalis

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Lymnaea stagnalis
Lymnaea stagnalis
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Superorder: Heterobranchia Order: Pulmonata Family: Lymnaeidae Genus: Lymnaea Species: L. stagnalis
Binomial name
Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lymnaea stagnalis is species of freshwater gastropod from family Lymnaeaidae.

Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution and biotope 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Description

Height of shell: 45-60 mm. Width of shell: 20-30 (34) mm.

[edit] Distribution and biotope

Distribuiton: Holarctic. It is widely distributed species common in many countries.

• Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) ^[1]
• The Czech Republic - least concern (LC) ^[2]
• Germany - not listed in red list
• Netherlands ^[3]
• Russia - Sverdlovsk oblast ^[4]
• Slovakia
• Ukraine
• ...

Biotope: freshwater slowly runing waters and standing water bodies.

[edit] References

1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 4 March 2007.
2. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
3. ^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/zoetwatermollusken/wetenschappelijk/lymnaea-stagnalis
4. ^ http://ecoinf.uran.ru/content/4catalog/61.shtml

[edit] External links