Gyraulus acronicus
Species of gastropod
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Gyraulus acronicus is a small species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
| Gyraulus acronicus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Gyraulus |
| Species: | G. acronicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gyraulus acronicus (A. Férussac, 1807)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Planorbis acronicus Férussac, 1807 | |
Distribution
The distribution of this species is Holarctic.
It is known to occur in islands and countries including:
- Czech Republic[2]
- Slovakia[2]
- Germany - critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht) [3]
- Poland - endangered[4]
- Great Britain
Description
The shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.
Habitat
This small snail lives on water plants in freshwater.
