Lithoglyphus naticoides

Taxobox
name = "Lithoglyphus naticoides"

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image_caption = shell of "Lithoglyphus naticoides" and its operculum
image_width = 225 px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Neotaenioglossa
familia = Hydrobiidae
genus = "Lithoglyphus"
species = "L. naticoides"
binomial = "Lithoglyphus naticoides"
binomial_authority = (C. Pfeiffer, 1828) [Pfeiffer, C. 1828. "Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken". Vol. 3 (1828): 84 pp. + 8 tables. Weimar. (Landes-Industrie-Comptoir).]

"Lithoglyphus naticoides", common name the "gravel snail", is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae, which are sometimes known as the snouted water snails.

hell description

This species is called "naticoides" because in shape and general appearance the shell of this species is reminiscent of the shell of the marine moon snails or naticids (for example, the Northern moon snail).

The shell of this species is very small, about 7 or 8 mm in length, and pale in color.

Distribution and conservation status

This snail is found in Eastern Europe including:
* Belarus [cite journal
journal = Aquatic Invasions
pages = 161–170
title = The gravel snail, "Lithoglyphus naticoides" (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae), a new Ponto-Caspian species in Lake Lukomskoe (Belarus)
author = Sergey E. Mastitsky; Vera M. Samoilenko
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first =
coauthors =
volume = 1
issue = 3
month =
year = 2006
doi =
url = http://www.aquaticinvasions.ru/2006/AI_2006_1_3_Mastitsky_Samoilenko.pdf
language = English
accessdate=]
* Czech Republic - endangered [cs icon [http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic ] ] in Moravia
* Germany - high endangered ("Stark gefährdet") [Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 107, ISBN 3-923376-02-2]
* Lithuania
* Poland - endangered, non-indigenous [ [http://www.iop.krakow.pl/pckz/opis.asp?id=194&je=en Lithoglyphus naticoides - Polish Red Data Book of Animals ] ]
* Slovakia
* Ukraine
* ...

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