Lymnaea stagnalis

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Lymnaea stagnalis
Lymnaea stagnalis with Physa
Lymnaea stagnalis with Physa
Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Lymnaea
Species: L. stagnalis
Binomial name
Lymnaea stagnalis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Lymnaea stagnalis, the great pond snail, is a species of freshwater gastropod from the family Lymnaeidae.

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[edit] Description

shell of Lymnaea stagnalis
shell of Lymnaea stagnalis
Eggs of Lymnaea stagnalis
Eggs of Lymnaea stagnalis
Lymnaea stagnalis
Lymnaea stagnalis

Height of shell: 45-60 mm. Width of shell: 20-30 (34) mm.

[edit] Distribution and biotope

Distribuiton: Holarctic. It is widely distributed species, common in many countries.

  • Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [1]
  • The Czech Republic - least concern (LC)[2]
  • Germany - distributed in whole Germany but in 2 states in red list (Rote Liste BRD).[3]
  • Netherlands[4]
  • Russia - Sverdlovsk oblast[5]
  • Slovakia
  • Ukraine
  • Canada (Alberta province)


Biotope: freshwater slowly running waters and standing water bodies.

[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. ^ (Dutch) Lymnaea stagnalis — Anemoon
  5. ^ http://ecoinf.uran.ru/content/4catalog/61.shtml
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