Gyraulus acronicus

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Gyraulus acronicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Gyraulus
Species:
G. acronicus
Binomial name
Gyraulus acronicus
(A. Férussac, 1807) [2]
Synonyms

Planorbis acronicus 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 known to occur in islands and countries including:

Description

The shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.

Habitat

This small snail lives on water plants in freshwater.

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References

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