Marstoniopsis insubrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Amnicolidae
Genus: Marstoniopsis
Species:
M. insubrica
Binomial name
Marstoniopsis insubrica
(Küster, 1853)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Paludina insubrica Küster, 1853
Marstoniopsis scholtzi (A. Schmidt, 1856)[3]

Marstoniopsis insubrica is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Amnicolidae.

This is a critically endangered species.

Distribution

This species lives in some areas in Northern, Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, including:

Habitat

This tiny snail does not tolerate running water; it prefers lakes and quiet areas within large rivers and canals.

References

  1. (in German) Küster H. C. (1852). "Die Gattungen Paludina, Hydrocaena und Valvata. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(21): 1-96, Taf. 1-14. page 77. table 13, fig. 20-21.
  2. Falniowski A. & Wilke T. (2001). "The genus Marstoniopsis (Gastropoda: Rissooidea): intra- and intergeneric phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Molluscan Studies 67 (4): 483-488. doi:10.1093/mollus/67.4.483.
  3. (in German) Schmidt A. (1856). "Verzeichniss der Binnenmollusken Norddeutschlands mit kritischen Bemerkungen". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 8: 120-169. page 158.
  4. Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003). Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 107, ISBN 3-923376-02-2.
  • Horsák M., Schenková V. & Páll-Gergely B. (2013). "Fossil records of Marstoniopsis insubrica (Küster, 1853) suggest its wide distribution in Central Europe during the Early Holocene". Malacologia 56(1-2): 339-342. doi:10.4002/040.056.0223.
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