Lithoglyphus pyramidatus

Lithoglyphus pyramidatus is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.

Lithoglyphus pyramidatus Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–Recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Lithoglyphidae
Subfamily:	Lithoglyphinae
Genus:	Lithoglyphus
Species:	L. pyramidatus
Binomial name
Lithoglyphus pyramidatus Möllendorff, 1873[2]
Synonyms[1]
Paludina fusca C. Pfeiffer, 1828

Distribution

The distribution of Lithoglyphus pyramidatus includes:

• The Ukraine[3]
• The northern Balkan Peninsula[3][1]
• north-western Anatolia[3][1]

The type locality for this species is Vrbas River near Banja Luka, Bosnia.[2][1]

Description

The shell has 4 whorls.[1] The width of the shell is 7 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 8.5 mm.[1]

Ecology

Lithoglyphus pyramidatus lives in rivers and in brooks.[1]

References

1. (in German) Glöer P. (2002). Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ISBN 3-925919-60-0.
2. (in German) Möllendorff O. F. von (1873). Beiträge zur Fauna Bosniens. Inauguraldissertation, Görlitz, 73 pp., page 59, table 1, fig. 20.
3. Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1