Lithoglyphus naticoides
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 shell of Lithoglyphus naticoides and its operculum
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| Lithoglyphus naticoides (C. Pfeiffer, 1828) |
Lithoglyphus naticoides, common name the "gravel snail", is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae, which are sometimes known as the snouted water snails.
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[edit] Shell description
This species is called "naticoides" because in shape and general appearance the shell of this species is reminiscent of the shell of the marine moon snails or naticids (for example, the Northern moon snail).
The shell of this species is very small, about 7 or 8 mm in length, and pale in color.
[edit] Distribution and conservation status
This snail is found in Eastern Europe including:
- Belarus [1]
- Czech Republic - endangered[2] in Moravia
- Germany - high endangered (Stark gefährdet) [3]
- Lithuania
- Poland - endangered, non-indigenous[4]
- Slovakia
- Ukraine
- ...
[edit] References
- ^ Sergey E. Mastitsky; Vera M. Samoilenko (2006). "The gravel snail, Lithoglyphus naticoides (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae), a new Ponto-Caspian species in Lake Lukomskoe (Belarus)" (in English). Aquatic Invasions 1 (3): 161–170.
- ^ (Czech) Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic
- ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 107, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
- ^ Lithoglyphus naticoides - Polish Red Data Book of Animals
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