''Stagnicola palustris'' is a

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of air-breathing

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, an

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Stagnicola palustris (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594993 on 2023-11-29 ;Subspecies: * † ''Stagnicola palustris antilibanensis'' (Blanckenhorn, 1897) * ''Stagnicola palustris palustris'' (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Taxonomy

''Stagnicola turricula'' is a synonym of ''Stagnicola palustris'', because they are not genetically independent, but ''S. turricula'' is still sometimes listed separately.

Description

The dimensions of the

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of an adult of this species are from about in length, and about in width.

Distribution

This species of snail occurs in

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Habitat

This snail lives in shallow, well-aerated freshwater habitats.

References

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3199672 Lymnaeidae Gastropods described in 1774 Taxa named by Otto Friedrich Müller