Valvata bicarinata

Valvata bicarinata, common name the two-ridge valvata, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

Two-ridge valvata
Drawing: lateral view of the shell of Valvata bicarinata.
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V. bicarinata
Binomial name
Valvata bicarinata
I. Lea, 1841

References

  1. IUCN (2008). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2008.


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