Valvata macrostoma, also known as the large mouthed valve snail, is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.[1]
| Valvata macrostoma | |
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| A shell of Valvata macrostoma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Valvatidae |
| Genus: | Valvata |
| Species: | V. macrostoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Valvata macrostoma | |
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the following countries and islands:
- Czech Republic - in Bohemia only[3]
- Slovakia[3]
- Poland
- Germany - high endangered (Stark gefährdet)[4]
- Netherlands
- Great Britain
Ecology
editThis freshwater snail lives in marshes and very small canals that have a very rich fauna and calcium-rich water.[5]
Myzyk (2004)[6] described life cycle of Valvata macrostoma.
References
edit- ^ a b Van Damme, D. (2011). "Valvata macrostoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T155841A4852939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T155841A4852939.en. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ Mörch O. A. L. (1864). "Fortegnelse over de i Danmark forekommende land- og ferskvandsblöddyr". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn (2)1863(17-22): 265-367.
- ^ a b (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
- ^ (in German) Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003). Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 106, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
- ^ Janus, Horst, (1965). The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs. Burke, London.
- ^ Myzyk S. (2004). "Life cycle of Valvata macrostoma Mörch, 1864 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in the laboratory". Folia Malacologica 12(3): 111-136. PDF.