Acroloxus lacustris

Acroloxus lacustris
Two views of a shell of Acroloxus lacustris
Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Acroloxoidea
Family: Acroloxidae
Genus: Acroloxus
Species: A. lacustris
Binomial name
Acroloxus lacustris
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]

Acroloxus lacustris, or the lake limpet, is a small freshwater limpet or snail, a species of aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Acroloxidae.

Distribution

This species of freshwater limpet is found in European countries and islands including:

References

  1. ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius).