Radix rubiginosa
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Radix rubiginosa from Banyumas, Java, Indonesia |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Lymnaeoidea |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymnaeinae |
| Genus: | Radix |
| Species: | R. rubiginosa |
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Radix rubiginosa (Michelin, 1831) |
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Radix rubiginosa is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
This species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Radix auricularia.
This species occurs in its native range in:
It occurs as an introduced "hothouse alien" in:
The shape of the shell is elongated and cylindrical. The shell has 5 whorls.
The aperture is moderately expanded. The width of the aperture is 4–5 mm. The height of the aperture is 7–11 mm.
The width of the shell is 5–8 mm. The height of the shell is 11–20 mm.
This species inhabits small canals.
Parasites of Radix rubiginosa include:
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