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Planorbis planorbis

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Planorbis planorbis
A shell of Planorbis planorbis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Planorbis
Species:
P. planorbis
Binomial name
Planorbis planorbis
(Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Planorbis (Anisus) umbilicatus (Müller, 1773)
  • Planorbis planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758) (no subspecies for P. planorbis)
  • Planorbis umbilicatus (Müller, 1773)

Planorbis planorbis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.[3]

Distribution

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Description

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Drawing of the shell of Planorbis planorbis.
Upper image: Lateral view showing the profile of the shell.
Lower image: Umbilical view; this side is carried uppermost in the living snail.

This species, like all planorbids, has a sinistral shell. The width of the shell is 15 – 20 mm. The keel on the periphery of the shell is near the edge closest to the spire side, which is carried downwards in life.

Ecology

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The habitat of this species is shallow standing and slowly running freshwaters on a mud substrate, also ponds and temporarily drying flood waters, up to 1 metre depth. Planorbis planorbis does not tolerate intensive water movements but is tolerant to eutrophic conditions.

References

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  1. ^ Seddon, M.B.; Van Damme, D. (2014). "Planorbis planorbis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T156175A67370902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T156175A67370902.en. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  2. ^ Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. - Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius).
  3. ^ a b Neubauer, Thomas A. (2014). Planorbis (Planorbis) planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=822236 on 2014-11-23
  4. ^ a b 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. (in Czech)
  5. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L. (2001). "Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 65: 25-40.
  6. ^ Planorbis planorbis — Anemoon (in Dutch)
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