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Stagnicola palustris

Stagnicola palustris is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

Subspecies:
  • † Stagnicola palustris antilibanensis <small>(Blanckenhorn, 1897)</small>
  • Stagnicola palustris palustris <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small>

Taxonomy

Stagnicola turricula is a synonym of Stagnicola palustris, because they are not genetically independent, but S. turricula is still sometimes listed separately.

Description

The dimensions of the shell of an adult of this species are from about in length, and about in width.

Distribution

This species of snail occurs in European countries and islands including:

Habitat

This snail lives in shallow, well-aerated freshwater habitats.

See also

Stagnicola palustris-like snails in the North America are named Ladislavella elodes, but that may be the same species.

References

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  • Clessin, S. (1873). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna der oberbayerischen Seen. Correspondenz-blatt des Zoologisch-mineralogischen Vereins in Regensburg. 27: 56–179.
  • Miller K. (1873). Die Schalthiere des Bodensees. Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte des Bodensees und seiner Umgebung. 4: 123-134
  • Westerlund, C. A. (1881). Malakologiska bidrag. I. För Skandinaviens fauna nya land- och sötvatten-mollusker. II. För vetenskapen nya land- och sötvatten-mollusker. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 38 (4): 35–69. Stockholm.
  • Nelson W. (1883). Descriptions of new British varieties of freshwater shells. Journal of Conchology. 4: 25–26.
  • Cockerell S.C. (1886). On some British varieties of Limnaeae. Journal of Conchology. 5: 44–45.
  • Pearce S.S. (1894). The land and freshwater Mollusca of East Norfolk. Journal of Conchology. 7: 391–404.
  • Forel, F.A., 1874. Matériaux pour servir à l'étude de la faune profonde du lac Léman, 1re série. Bull. Soc. vaud. Sci. nat. 13 72: 1–164.
  • Tschapek H. (1884). Aus dem Sommer in Steiermark. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 16: 17–21.
  • Krausp, C. (1936). Beitrag zur estländischen Molluskenfauna. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 68: 16–61, 2 pls. Frankfurt am Main.
  • Petrbok, J. (1942). Zur Kenntnis der holozänen Mollusken von Syrien. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 74 (4): 152–156. Frankfurt am Main.
  • Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. Fauna of Arabia. 17: 333–461.
  • Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.

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