Planorbis planorbis
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Subgenus: | Planorbis
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Species: | P. planorbis
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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[]
- Cosmopolitan - introduced and being considered invasive to many places and considered as a pest
- Czech Republic[4] - least concern (LC)[5]
- Slovakia[4]
- Germany - not listed in red list
- the Netherlands[6]
- Poland
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Hungary
Description[]
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[]
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[]
- ^ Seddon M. B. & Van Damme D. (2014). "Planorbis planorbis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2015.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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
- ^ a b (in 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.
- ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L. (2001). "Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". 65: 25-40.
- ^ (in Dutch) Planorbis planorbis — Anemoon
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Planorbis planorbis. |
- Planorbis planorbis at Animalbase
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Planorbidae
- Gastropods described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Planorbidae stubs