Lithoglyphus naticoides
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Lithoglyphus naticoides Temporal range: Pliocene-Recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
| Subfamily: | Lithoglyphinae |
| Genus: | Lithoglyphus |
| Species: | L. naticoides |
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Lithoglyphus naticoides (Pfeiffer, 1828) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Paludina naticoides Pfeiffer, 1828 |
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clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Paludina naticoides Pfeiffer, 1828
Lithoglyphus naticoides, common name the "gravel snail", is a species of small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.
Lithoglyphus naticoides is the type species of the genus Lithoglyphus.
The distribution of Lithoglyphus naticoides in the Pliocene ranged from Western Europe to Western Siberia. Its distribution subsequently shrank to the Ponto-Azov area during cooler eras.
The distribution of this species is Pontic. The native distribution includes only Black Sea rivers and the Danube up to Regensburg, from southeastern to central Europe.
It has also artificially colonized other parts of Europe. After 1800 it was introduced to the Elbe and Rhine regions.
After 1960 it has become almost extinct due to water pollution in central Europe.
This snail is found in the following countries:
Western Europe:
Central Europe:
Eastern Europe:
Asia:
North America:
This species is called "naticoides" because in shape and general appearance the shell and the operculum of this species is reminiscent of the shell and the operculum of the marine moon snails or Naticidae (for example, the Northern moon snail).
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