Lithoglyphus pyramidatus
| Lithoglyphus pyramidatus Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–Recent[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| 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 | |
Lithoglyphus pyramidatus is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.
Distribution
The distribution of Lithoglyphus pyramidatus includes:
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (German) Glöer P. (2002). Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ISBN 3-925919-60-0.
- 1 2 (German) Möllendorff O. F. von (1873). Beiträge zur Fauna Bosniens. Inauguraldissertation, Görlitz, 73 pp., page 59, table 1, fig. 20.
- 1 2 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
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