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Gyraulus rossmaessleri (Auerswald 1851)

Gyraulus rossmaessleri

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Gyraulus rossmaessleri is a small species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Holarctic. It occurs in countries and islands including:

  • Germany - critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht)[1]

Habitat

This small snail lives on water plants in freshwater.

Shell description

The shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.

References

  1. ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003). Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 107, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
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Gyraulus rossmaessleri: Brief Summary

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Gyraulus rossmaessleri is a small species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

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