Bithynia leachii
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| Bithynia leachii (Sheppard, 1823) |
Bithynia leachii is species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
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[edit] Distribution and conservation status
- Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [1]
- Czech Republic - in Moravia, critically endangered (CR)[2]
- Germany - high endangered (Stark gefährdet) [3]
- Netherlands[4]
- Poland
- Sweden
- British Isles
- ...
[edit] Habitat
This species requires clean, calcium-rich water, which is slow-running and thickly weeded.
[edit] Shell description
The shell of the species grows to be 6.5 mm (one quarter inch) in maximum dimension.
[edit] Parasites
- This species can act as first intermediate host for Prosthogonimus ovatus[5]
[edit] References
- ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 27 July 2007.
- ^ 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
- ^ (Dutch) Bithynia leachii — Anemoon
- ^ http://wildlife1.wildlifeinformation.org/S/0zAPlat_Trematod/Plag_Hapl_Prosthogonimus/Prosthogonimus_ovatus.htm as Bithynia leachei (sic!)
- Horst Janus, 1965, The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs, Burke, London.
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