- Valvata macrostoma
Taxobox
name = "Valvata macrostoma"
status = NE
status_ref =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =
ordo =Ectobranchia
familia =Valvatidae
genus = "Valvata "
species = "V. macrostoma"
binomial = "Valvata macrostoma"
binomial_authority =Mörch , 1864"Valvata macrostoma" is a
species of minute freshwatersnail with an operculum, anaquatic gastropod mollusk in the familyValvatidae , the valve snails.Habitat
This species lives in marshes and very small canals that have a very rich fauna and calcium-rich water.
Distribution and conservation status
* Not listed in
IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.. Cited 10 November 2007. ]* Czech Republic - in Bohemia only
* Slovakia
* Poland
* Germany - high endangered ("Stark gefährdet") [Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 106, ISBN 3-923376-02-2]
* Netherlands
* The British Isles
* ...References
* Janus, Horst, 1965. ‘’The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs’’, Burke, London
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