Gyraulus rossmaessleri

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

Gyraulus rossmaessleri 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 occurs in countries and islands including:

Habitat

This small snail lives on water plants in freshwater.

Shell description

The shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.

References

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