Biology:Valvata macrostoma

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Valvata macrostoma
Valvata macrostoma 01.jpg
A shell of Valvata macrostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Valvatoidea
Family:
Valvatidae
Genus:
Valvata
Subgenus:
Tropidina

H. & A. Adams, 1854
Species:
V. macrostoma
Binomial name
Valvata macrostoma
Mörch, 1864[2]
Drawing: two views of the shell of Valvata macrostoma

Valvata macrostoma, also known as the large mouthed valve snail, is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following countries and islands:

  • Czech Republic - in Bohemia only[3]
  • Slovakia[3]
  • Poland
  • Germany - high endangered (Stark gefährdet)[4]
  • Netherlands
  • Great Britain

Ecology

This freshwater snail lives in marshes and very small canals that have a very rich fauna and calcium-rich water.[5]

Myzyk (2004)[6] described life cycle of Valvata macrostoma.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Van Damme, D. (2011). "Valvata macrostoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T155841A4852939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T155841A4852939.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155841/4852939. Retrieved 13 October 2022. 
  2. ↑ Mörch O. A. L. (1864). "Fortegnelse over de i Danmark forekommende land- og ferskvandsblöddyr". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn (2)1863(17-22): 265-367.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
  4. ↑ (in German) Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003). Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 106, ISBN:3-923376-02-2
  5. ↑ Janus, Horst, (1965). The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs. Burke, London.
  6. ↑ Myzyk S. (2004). "Life cycle of Valvata macrostoma Mörch, 1864 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in the laboratory". Folia Malacologica 12(3): 111-136. PDF.

Wikidata ☰ Q3204696 entry




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