Gyraulus chinensis

Gyraulus chinensis
A group of shells of Gyraulus chinensis, scale bar in mm
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Gyraulus
Species:	G. chinensis
Binomial name
Gyraulus chinensis (Dunker, 1848) [2]

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

Distribution

This species is native to Asia.

The non-indigenous distribution for this species includes:

• Czech Republic as a "hothouse alien" ^[3]
• Great Britain, as a "hothouse alien"
• Netherlands ^[4]

References

1. Köhler, F., Do, V. & Madhyastha, A. (2012). "Gyraulus chinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T155805A736420. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T155805A736420.en . Retrieved 23 January 2024.
2. Dunker G. (1848). "Diagnoses specierum novarum generis Planorbis collectionis Cumingianæ". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 16: 40-43.
3. Beran, Luboš; Glöer, Peter (2006-05-12). "Gyraulus chinensis (Dunker, 1848) – a new greenhouse species for the Czech Republic (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca. 5: 25–28. doi: 10.5817/MaB2006-5-25 . ISSN   1336-6939.
4. (in Dutch) Gittenberger E., Janssen A. W., Kuijper W. J., Kuiper J. G. J., Meijer T., van der Velde G. & de Vries J. N. (2004). Nederlandse zoetwatermollusken. Nederlandse Fauna 2. KNNV uitgeverij . 288 pp., ISBN   978-90-5011-201-7. 152-153 Archived 2007-10-23 at the Wayback Machine .