Planorbis carinatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Planorbis |
Species: | P. carinatus
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Binomial name | |
Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774
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Planorbis carinatus is species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.
The width of shell of this species is 9–15 mm. The shell has a noticeable keel at the center of the periphery of the body whorl.
Planorbis carinatus is found across Europe from Spain to Scandinavia. The Distribution type is European Wide-temperate range.
The habitat of this species is larger water bodies such as the open water of canals, rivers and lakes. It is essentially a hard water species and it is only locally found in very soft or acid waters.