Marstoniopsis scholtzi

Marstoniopsis scholtzi
Marstoniopsis scholtzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Amnicolidae
Subfamily: Amnicolinae
Genus: Marstoniopsis
Species: M. scholtzi
Binomial name
Marstoniopsis scholtzi
(A. Schmidt, 1856)

Marstoniopsis scholtzi also known as Marstoniopsis insubrica (Küster, 1853), is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Amnicolidae.

This is a critically endangered species.

Distribution

This species lives in some areas in Northern, Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, including:

  • Germany - critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht) [1]
  • Great Britain, rare

Habitat

This tiny snail does not tolerate running water; it prefers lakes and quiet areas within large rivers and canals.

References

  1. ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 107, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
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