Ferrissia fragilis

Ferrissia fragilis
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: Bulininae
Tribe: Miratestini
Genus: Ferrissia
Species: F. fragilis
Binomial name
Ferrissia fragilis
(Tryon, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Ferrissia clessiniana (Jickeli, 1882)[2]
  • Ferrissia wautieri (Miroli, 1960)

Ferrissia fragilis is a species of small freshwater limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae.

Distribution

This species is found in European countries and islands including:

References

  1. ^ (2006). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 15 October 2007.
  2. ^ (German) Jickeli C. F. (1882). "Diagnosen neuer Conchylien". Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 9: 366-370. Frankfurt am Main.
  3. ^ Beran L. & Horsák M. (2007). "Distribution of the alien freshwater snail Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in the Czech Republic". Aquatic Invasions 2(1): 45-54.