Gyraulus rossmaessleri

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

Gyraulus rossmaessleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Gyraulus
Species:
G. rossmaessleri
Binomial name
Gyraulus rossmaessleri
(Auerswald, 1852)

Distribution

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The distribution of this species is Holarctic. It occurs in countries and islands including:

  • Germany - critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht)[1]

Habitat

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This small snail lives on water plants in freshwater.

Shell description

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The shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.

References

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  1. ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003). Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 107, ISBN 3-923376-02-2