Segmentina nitida

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Segmentina nitida
File:Segmentina nitida.jpg
Apical view of a shell of Segmentina nitida
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S. nitida
Binomial name
Segmentina nitida

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The shining ram's-horn snail, Segmentina nitida, is a species of minute, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.


Description

File:Segmentina nitida.png
Drawing showing three views of a shell of Segmentina nitida

The shell of this species is sinistral in coiling and almost planispiral in shape. The spire is deeply sunken. The surface of the shell is glossy.[2]

The maximum shell diameter is about 7 mm.[2]

Habitat

This species lives in water weeds, in ponds and marsh drainage ditches. It is uncommon to rare.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in countries and islands including:

References

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