Hippeutis complanatus
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| Hippeutis complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Hippeutis complanatus, also known as Segmentina complanata, or the flat ram's-horn snail, is a species of minute air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
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[edit] Distribution
The species is found in the Palearctic zone, including Europe.
- Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [1]
- Czech Republic - least concern (LC) [2]
- Germany
- Netherlands [3]
- Slovakia
- Sweden
- British Isles
- ...
[edit] Habitat
This snail lives in ponds and ditches, and prefers calcium-rich waters.
[edit] Shell Description
This minute shell is almost perfectly planispiral and shaped like a lens. The whorls overlap one another. The shell color varies from offwhite to a brownish yellow.
[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.
- ^ (Dutch) Hippeutis complanatus — Anemoon
- Janus, Horst, 1965. ‘’The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs’’, Burke, London
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