Ecrobia ventrosa
Ecrobia ventrosa, common name : the spire snail, is a European species of small brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs on the coasts of:
Description
The size of an adult shell reaches 3.7 mm.
References
- ^ Montagu G. (1803). Testacea Britannica, or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: systematicallly arranged and embellished with figures. pp. i-xxxvii [= 1-37], [1-2], 1-606, [1-4], Pl. 1-16. London.
- ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238104 on 14 June 2011
- de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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