Flat ram's-horn snail facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Flat ram's-horn snail

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Synonyms
List Helix complanata Linnaeus, 1758 Helix fontana [Lightfoot], 1786 Hippeutis (Hippeutis) fontanus ([Lightfoot], 1786) Planorbis (Hippeutis) colchicus Lindholm, 1913 Planorbis (Hippeutis) complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Planorbis complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Segmentina (Hippeutis) complanata (Linnaeus, 1758) Segmentina complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hippeutis complanatus, or the flat ram's-horn snail, is a species of minute air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Hippeutis complanatus is the type species of the genus Hippeutis.

Distribution

The species is found in the Palearctic zone, including Europe.

Latvia
Czech Republic - least concern (LC)
Slovakia
Poland
Germany
Austria
Netherlands
Sweden
British Isles: Great Britain, Ireland

Shell description

This minute shell is almost perfectly planispiral and shaped like a lens. The whorls overlap one another. The shell color varies from offwhite to a brownish yellow.

Ecology

This snail lives in ponds and ditches, and prefers calcium-rich waters.

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