Anisus vorticulus

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Anisus vorticulus

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Orthogastropoda
Superorder:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Pulmonata
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Anisus
Species:	A. vorticulus

Binomial name

Anisus vorticulus
(Troschel, 1834)

The Ramshorn snail, Anisus vorticulus is a species of minute, air breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

[edit] Distribution and biotope

Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) ^[1]
It is mentioned in annexes II and IV of Habitats Directive.

The Czech Republic - critically endangered (CR).^[2] It's Conservation status in 2004-2006 is bad (U2) in report for European commission in accordance with Habitats Directive.^[3]
England - vulnerable (VU) ^[4], listed in List of endangered species in the British Isles
Germany - critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht) ^[5]
Netherlands ^[6]
Poland
Slovakia
...

Biotope: freshwater bodies.

[edit] References

^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 5 March 2007.
^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
^ Dušek J., Hošek M. & Kolářová J. (2007) Hodnotící zpráva o stavu z hlediska ochrany evropsky významných druhů a typů přírodních stanovišť v České republice za rok 2004-2006. - Ochrana přírody, 62(5): appendix 5:I-IV. (in Czech language)
^ UK Biodiversity Action Plan http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=99
^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/zoetwatermollusken/wetenschappelijk/anisus-vorticulus