Gyraulus parvus
Encyclopedia
Gyraulus parvus is a small species
of freshwater snail
, an aquatic
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae
, the ram's horn snails.
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It is not listed in IUCN red list
- not evaluated (NE)
It is introduced in Europe:
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
, an aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae
Planorbidae
Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
, the ram's horn snails.
Distribution
This species is native to North AmericaNorth America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
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It is not listed in IUCN red list
IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...
- not evaluated (NE)
It is introduced in Europe:
External links
- Gould A. A.Augustus Addison GouldAugustus Addison Gould was an American conchologist and malacologist.-Biography:...
(1870). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts. page 497. - http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=2086