Planorbis carinatus

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Planorbis carinatus
File:Planorbis carinatus drawing.jpg
File:Planorbis carinatus.jpg
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P. carinatus
Binomial name
Planorbis carinatus

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Planorbis carinatus is species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.

Description

The width of shell of this species is 9–15 mm. The shell has a noticeable keel at the center of the periphery of the body whorl.

Distribution

Planorbis carinatus is found across Europe from Spain to Scandinavia. The Distribution type is European Wide-temperate range.

Ecology

The habitat of this species is larger water bodies such as the open water of canals, rivers and lakes. It is essentially a hard water species and it is only locally found in very soft or acid waters.

References

  1. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 5 March 2007.
  2. 2.0 2.1 (Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
  3. (Dutch) [1] Planorbis carinatus — ANEMOON

External links

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  • Planorbis carinatus at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images


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