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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Apical view of a shell of Segmentina nitida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Segmentina |
Species: | S. nitida |
Binomial name | |
Segmentina nitida (O. F. Müller, 1774) | |
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]
This species lives in water weeds, in ponds and marsh drainage ditches. It is uncommon to rare.[1]
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
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