Gyraulus acronicus

Gyraulus acronicus
Conservation status
NE
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: Gyraulus
Species: G. acronicus
Binomial name
Gyraulus acronicus
(A. Férussac, 1807)

Gyraulus acronicus is a small species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

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Distribution

The distribution of this species is Holarctic: It is not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [1]

It is known to occur in islands and countries including:

Habitat

This small snail lives on water plants in freshwater.

Shell description

The shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.

References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 19 June 2007.
  2. ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 107, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
  3. ^ Andrzej Piechocki. "Gyraulus acronicus (Férussac, 1807)". Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauk. http://www.iop.krakow.pl/pckz/opis.asp?id=195&je=en.