Gyraulus albus
Species of gastropod
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Gyraulus albus, common name white ramshorn, is a small species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
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| Gyraulus albus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Gyraulus |
| Species: | G. albus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gyraulus albus (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Planorbis albus Müller, 1774 | |
Gyraulus albus is the type species of the genus Gyraulus.
Distribution
- Belgium
- Czech Republic[2] - least concern (LC)
- Germany
- Hungary
- Netherlands[3]
- Poland
- Slovakia[2]
- Great Britain
- Ireland
Habitat
This small snail lives in various types of freshwater habitats among weed and on bottom mud. It doesn't require a high level of calcium.
Description
The shell of this species is rather small, reaching a height of 1.3 - 1.8 mm and a width of 4 – 7 mm. This shell has a discoid shape with 4 - 4½ body whorls that expand in the direction of the aperture. This aperture and the whorls are curved and do not have a keel.
The shell of this species is white (sometimes darkened by mud deposits) and has a characteristic spiral sculpture.
