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Lithoglyphus apertus

Lithoglyphus apertus is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.

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Lithoglyphus apertus
A shell of Lithoglyphus apertus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Lithoglyphidae
Genus: Lithoglyphus
Species:
L. apertus
Binomial name
Lithoglyphus apertus
(Küster, 1852)1
Synonyms2

Paludina aperta Küster, 1852

Lithoglyphus apertus is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.3

Drawing of abapertural view of the shell of Lithoglyphus apertus source ↗

Distribution

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

References

  1. (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.
  2. 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
  3. "Species in genus Lithoglyphus". AnimalBase, accessed 22 May 2011.