Acroloxus lacustris
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| Acroloxus lacustris Lake Constance | |
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| Two views of a shell of Acroloxus lacustris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Acroloxoidea |
| Family: | Acroloxidae |
| Genus: | Acroloxus |
| Species: | A. lacustris |
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Acroloxus lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Acroloxus velkovrhi Bole, 1965 |
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Acroloxus velkovrhi Bole, 1965
Acroloxus lacustris, or the lake limpet, is a small freshwater limpet or snail, a species of aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Acroloxidae.
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.
Found across Europe to western and central Siberia.The distribution type is Eurosiberian Wide Temperate. This species of freshwater limpet is found in European countries and islands including:
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