Planorbis planorbis

Planorbis planorbis
	A shell of Planorbis planorbis
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Planorbis
Species:	P. planorbis
Binomial name
	Planorbis planorbis; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	† Planorbis (Anisus) umbilicatus (Müller, 1773); † Planorbis planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758) (no subspecies for P. planorbis); Planorbis umbilicatus (Müller, 1773);

Planorbis planorbis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.^[3]

Distribution[edit]

Cosmopolitan - introduced and being considered invasive to many places and considered as a pest
Czech Republic^[4] - least concern (LC)^[5]
Slovakia^[4]
Germany - not listed in red list
the Netherlands^[6]
Poland
Great Britain
Ireland
Hungary

Description[edit]

This species, like all planorbids, has a sinistral shell. The width of the shell is 15 – 20 mm. The keel on the periphery of the shell is near the edge closest to the spire side, which is carried downwards in life.

Ecology[edit]

The habitat of this species is shallow standing and slowly running freshwaters on a mud substrate, also ponds and temporarily drying flood waters, up to 1 metre depth. Planorbis planorbis does not tolerate intensive water movements but is tolerant to eutrophic conditions.

References[edit]

^ Seddon M. B. & Van Damme D. (2014). "Planorbis planorbis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2015.
^ Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. - Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius).
^ ^a ^b Neubauer, Thomas A. (2014). Planorbis (Planorbis) planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=822236 on 2014-11-23
^ ^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.
^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L. (2001). "Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 65: 25-40.
^ (in Dutch) Planorbis planorbis — Anemoon

External links[edit]

Planorbis planorbis at Animalbase

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[1] Seddon M. B. & Van Damme D. (2014). "Planorbis planorbis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2015.

[2] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. - Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius).

[WoRMS-3] Neubauer, Thomas A. (2014). Planorbis (Planorbis) planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=822236 on 2014-11-23

[Horsák_2010-4] (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.

[5] Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L. (2001). "Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 65: 25-40.

[6] (in Dutch) Planorbis planorbis — Anemoon

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