Viviparus contectus

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Viviparus contectus
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Shell of Viviparus contectus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Viviparus
Species:
V. contectus
Binomial name
Viviparus contectus
(Millet, 1813) [2]
Synonyms

Contectiana contecta(Millet, 1813)
Cyclostoma contectum(Millet, 1813)
Cyclostoma viviparum Draparnaud, 1801
Helix vivipara Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita viviparaO. F. Müller, 1774
Paludina contectaMoquin-Tandon, 1855
Paludina contectaMillet, 1813
Paludina fasciata(Stein, 1850)
Paludina listeriForbes et Hanley, 1853
Paludina vivipara Lamarck, 1835

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Viviparus contectus, common name Lister's river snail, is a species of large, freshwater snail with an operculum and a gill, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

Distribution

This is not a native of the UK. This species is palaearctic in distribution, specifically Europe and western Siberia, including: [3]

Habitat

This large snail lives in slow flowing rivers and canals which are unpolluted, and which have hard water with many water weeds. [10]

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References

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  9. "Unknown".[ permanent dead link ]
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