Acroloxus lacustris, or the lake limpet, is a small freshwater limpet or snail, a species of aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Acroloxidae.
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| Acroloxus lacustris Lake Constance | |
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| Two views of a shell of Acroloxus lacustris | |
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| Species: | A. lacustris
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| Acroloxus lacustris | |
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Acroloxus velkovrhi Bole, 1965 | |
Description
The 4-7 mm. (7 mm long, 3 mm wide and 2 mm high) shell is laterally compressed elongate and limpet-like (no whorls and cone or hat shaped) with a sharp apex twisted to the left The colour is yellowish-grey to brown.The dimensions may vary depending on the substrate surface. On thin plant stems the shells are narrow, and more parallel-sided on leaves and stones they are rather wide oval.
Distribution
This species of freshwater limpet is found in European countries and islands including:
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Poland
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Great Britain
- Ireland
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2014.1
- ^ 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).
External links
- Acroloxus lacustris at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
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