Planorbis planorbis

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Planorbis planorbis

Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Planorbis
Species: P. planorbis
Binomial name
Planorbis planorbis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Planorbis planorbis is species of freshwater gastropod from family Planorbidae.

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[edit] Description

drawing of shell of Planorbis panorbisUpper image: Lateral view showing the profile of the shellLower image: Basal view.
drawing of shell of Planorbis panorbis
Upper image: Lateral view showing the profile of the shell
Lower image: Basal view.

Width of shell is 15 -20 mm. Its keel is near the top edge of the shell.

[edit] Distribution and biotope

  • Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [1]
  • The Czech Republic - least concern (LC) [2]
  • Germany - not listed in red list
  • Netherlands [3]
  • Poland
  • Slovakia
  • ...

Biotope: freshwater bodies.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 5 March 2007.
  2. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  3. ^ (Dutch) Planorbis planorbis — Anemoon

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