''Marstoniopsis insubrica'' is a
species of minute
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
with an
operculum, an
aquatic gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk or
micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...
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'')
[Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003). ''Süsswassermollusken''. DJN, pp. 134, page 107, .]
*
Great Britain, rare
Habitat
This tiny snail does not tolerate running water; it prefers lakes and quiet areas within large rivers and canals.
References
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. .
Amnicolidae
Gastropods described in 1853
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