Marstoniopsis insubrica
Marstoniopsis insubrica is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Amnicolidae.
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| Subfamily: | Amnicolinae |
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| Species: | M. insubrica |
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Paludina insubrica Küster, 1853 | |
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)[4]
- Great Britain, rare
Habitat
This tiny snail does not tolerate running water; it prefers lakes and quiet areas within large rivers and canals.
References
- (in German) Küster H. C. (1852). "Die Gattungen Paludina, Hydrocaena und Valvata. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(21): 1-96, Taf. 1-14. page 77. table 13, fig. 20-21.
- Falniowski A. & Wilke T. (2001). "The genus Marstoniopsis (Gastropoda: Rissooidea): intra- and intergeneric phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Molluscan Studies 67 (4): 483-488. doi:10.1093/mollus/67.4.483.
- (in German) Schmidt A. (1856). "Verzeichniss der Binnenmollusken Norddeutschlands mit kritischen Bemerkungen". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 8: 120-169. page 158.
- Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003). Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 107, ISBN 3-923376-02-2.
External links
- Horsák M., Schenková V. & Páll-Gergely B. (2013). "Fossil records of Marstoniopsis insubrica (Küster, 1853) suggest its wide distribution in Central Europe during the Early Holocene". Malacologia 56(1-2): 339-342. doi:10.4002/040.056.0223.
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