Lithoglyphus apertus
Appearance
Lithoglyphus apertus | |
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A shell of Lithoglyphus apertus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
Genus: | Lithoglyphus |
Species: | L. apertus
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Binomial name | |
Lithoglyphus apertus | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Paludina aperta Küster, 1852 |
Lithoglyphus apertus is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.[3]
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Distribution
[edit]The distribution of Lithoglyphus apertus includes rivers and sea-related areas near the northern Black Sea.[2]
The type locality is "in der Save bei Agram in Croatien", which means in the Sava River near Zagreb, Croatia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b (in German) Küster H. C. (1852). "Die Gattungen Paludina, Hydrocaena und Valvata". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz: 1-56. Nurnberg, Bauer und Raspe. 45-46, plate 9, figs. 14-18.
- ^ a b Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1
- ^ "Species in genus Lithoglyphus". AnimalBase, accessed 22 May 2011.