- Galba truncatula
Taxobox
name = "Galba truncatula"
image_width = 225px
status = NE
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Heterobranchia
ordo =Pulmonata
familia =Lymnaeidae
genus = "Galba"
species = "G. truncatula"
binomial = "Galba truncatula"
binomial_authority = (O. F. Müller, 1774) [Müller, O. F. 1774. "Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia". Volumen alterum. - pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36] , 1-214, [1-10] . Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber).]
synonyms = "Lymnaea truncatula""Galba truncatula" is species of freshwater
gastropod from family Lymnaeaidae. Until recently, it was commonly termed "Lymnaea truncatula".Description
Height of shell: 5-10 mm. Width of shell: 2,5-6 mm.
Distribution and biotope
* Not listed in
IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.. Cited 4 March 2007. ]* Czech Republic - least concern (LC) [Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.]
* Germany - distributed in whole Germany but it is in 3 states in red list ("Rote Liste BRD"). [Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2]
* Netherlands [http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/kaarten-per-soort/zoetwatermollusken/wetenschappelijk/galba-truncatula/ "Galba truncatula", accessed 25 September 2008]
* Poland
* Slovakia
* Ukraine
* ...Biotope: freshwater water bodies.
Ecology
;parasites:"Galba truncatula" is intermediate host for these known
trematode s
* "Fasciola hepatica "
* "Fascioloides magna "
* "Haplometra cylindracea "
* "Muellerius capillaris "References
External links
* [http://www.pesticideinfo.org/List_AquireAll.jsp?Species=2966&Effect= Pesticides Database - Chemical Toxicity Studies]
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