Planorbis carinatus
Species of gastropod
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Planorbis carinatus is species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Planorbis |
| Species: | P. carinatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774 | |
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Description
The width of shell of this species is 9–15 mm. The shell has a noticeable keel at the center of the periphery of the body whorl.
Distribution
Planorbis carinatus is found across Europe from Spain to Scandinavia. The Distribution type is European Wide-temperate range.
- This species has been evaluated for the IUCN red list as 'Least Concern'.[1]
- Czech Republic[3]
- Slovakia[3]
- Germany
- Netherlands[4]
- Poland
Ecology
The habitat of this species is larger water bodies such as the open water of canals, rivers and lakes. It is essentially a hard water species and it is only locally found in very soft or acid waters.
