Valvata macrostoma
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| Valvata macrostoma | |
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| A shell of Valvata macrostoma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Valvatidae |
| Genus: | Valvata |
| Species: | V. macrostoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Valvata macrostoma | |
Valvata macrostoma, also known as the large mouthed valve snail, is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.[1]