Marstoniopsis insubrica

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

Marstoniopsis insubrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Amnicolidae
Subfamily:
Amnicolinae
Genus:
Marstoniopsis
Species:
M. insubrica
Binomial name
Marstoniopsis insubrica
(Küster, 1853)[1]
Synonyms[2]

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

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.

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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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