Segmentina nitida

Segmentina nitida, the shining ram's-horn snail, is a species of minute, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.

Segmentina nitida
Apical view of a shell of Segmentina nitida
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Segmentina
Species:
S. nitida
Binomial name
Segmentina nitida

Description

The shell of this species is sinistral in coiling and almost planispiral in shape. The spire is deeply sunken. The surface of the shell is glossy.[1]

The maximum shell diameter is about 7 mm.[1]

Habitat

This species lives in water weeds, in ponds and marsh drainage ditches. It is uncommon to rare.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in countries and islands including:

References
  1. Janus, Horst, 1965. The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs. Burke, London.
  2. Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L. (2001). "Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 65: 25-40.
  3. UK Biodiversity Action Plan "Action plan for Segmentina nitida". Archived from the original on 2007-02-27. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
  4. (in German) Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003). Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
  5. "Anemoon > Flora en Fauna > Soorteninformatie". www.anemoon.org.
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