Anisus leucostoma

Anisus leucostoma
Shells of Anisus leucostoma
Conservation status
NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Planorbinae
Tribe: Planorbini
Genus: Anisus
Subgenus: Anisus
Species: A. leucostoma
Binomial name
Anisus leucostoma
(Millet, 1813)
Synonyms

Anisus septemgyratus (Rossmässler, 1835)

Anisus leucostoma is a European species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

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Synonyms

According to Glöer (2002)[2] Anisus septemgyratus (Rossmässler, 1835) is a junior synonym of Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813).

Shell description

The shell of this species is about 8 mm in maximum dimension, usually planispiral and tightly coiled, with a white rib in the aperture.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in countries and islands including:

References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 27 June 2007.
  2. ^ Glöer, P. 2002 Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ISBN 3-925919-60-0, page 254-263.
  3. ^ Janus, Horst, 1965. The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs Burke, London
  4. ^ Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic
  5. ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 106, ISBN 3-923376-02-2