Valvata lewisi

Valvata lewisi, common name the fringed valvata, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

Fringed valvata
Drawing: a lateral view of a shell of Valvata lewisi
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V. lewisi
Binomial name
Valvata lewisi
Currier, 1868

Distribution

This species lives in North America.

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References

  1. IUCN (2008). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2008.


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