Gyraulus acronicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
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.
The distribution of this species is Holarctic.
It is known to occur in islands and countries including:
The shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.
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