Stagnicola palustris | |
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Four shells of Stagnicola palustris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Lymnaeidae |
Genus: | Stagnicola |
Species: | S. palustris |
Binomial name | |
Stagnicola palustris (O. F. Müller, 1774) [2] | |
Synonyms [3] [4] | |
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Stagnicola palustris is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. [5]
Stagnicola turricula is a synonym of Stagnicola palustris, because they are not genetically independent, [6] but S. turricula is still sometimes listed separately. [7] [8]
The dimensions of the shell of an adult of this species are from about 10 to 18 mm (0.39 to 0.71 in) in length, and about 6 to 10 mm (0.24 to 0.39 in) in width. [9]
This species of snail occurs in European countries and islands including:
This snail lives in shallow, well-aerated freshwater habitats.
Stagnicola palustris-like snails in the North America are named Ladislavella elodes , but that may be the same species. [12]
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