Galba truncatula

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Galba truncatula

Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Galba
Species: G. truncatula
Binomial name
Galba truncatula
(Müller, 1774)
Synonyms

Lymnaea truncatula

Galba truncatula is species of freshwater gastropod from family Lymnaeaidae. Until recently, it was commonly termed Lymnaea truncatula.

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[edit] Description

Height of shell: 5-10 mm. Width of shell: 2,5-6 mm.

[edit] Distribution and biotope

  • Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [1]
  • The Czech Republic - least concern (LC) [2]
  • Germany - distributed in whole Germany but it is in 3 states in red list (Rote Liste BRD).[3]
  • Netherlands [4]
  • Slovakia
  • Ukraine
  • ...

Biotope: freshwater water bodies.

[edit] Ecology

parasites

Galba truncatula is intermediate host for these known trematodes

[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. ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
  4. ^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/zoetwatermollusken/wetenschappelijk/galba-truncatula

[edit] External links

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