Valvata macrostoma | |
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A shell of Valvata macrostoma | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Valvatidae |
Genus: | Valvata |
Species: | V. macrostoma |
Binomial name | |
Valvata macrostoma |
Valvata macrostoma, also known as the large mouthed valve snail, is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails. [1]
This species occurs in the following countries and islands:
This freshwater snail lives in marshes and very small canals that have a very rich fauna and calcium-rich water. [5]
Myzyk (2004) [6] described life cycle of Valvata macrostoma.