Gyraulus riparius

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Gyraulus riparius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Superorder: Heterobranchia Order: Pulmonata Family: Planorbidae Genus: Gyraulus Species: G. riparius
Binomial name
Gyraulus riparius

Gyraulus riparius is a small species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Habitat 3 Shell description 4 References

[edit] Distribution

Holarctic:

• Germany - critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht) ^[1]

[edit] Habitat

On water plants in freshwater.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.

[edit] References