Summary
Acroloxus lacustris, or the lake limpet, is a small freshwater limpet or snail, a species of aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Acroloxidae.
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| Acroloxus lacustris Lake Constance | |
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| Two views of a shell of Acroloxus lacustris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Acroloxidae |
| Genus: | Acroloxus |
| Species: | A. lacustris
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| Binomial name | |
| Acroloxus lacustris | |
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Acroloxus velkovrhi Bole, 1965 | |
Description edit
The 4–7 mm. (7 mm long, 3 mm wide and 2 mm high) shell is laterally compressed elongate and limpet-like (no whorls and cone or hat shaped) with a sharp apex twisted to the left The colour is yellowish-grey to brown. The dimensions may vary depending on the substrate surface. On thin plant stems the shells are narrow, and more parallel-sided on leaves and stones they are rather wide oval.[3]
Distribution edit
Found across Europe to western and central Siberia. The distribution type is Eurosiberian Wide Temperate. This species of freshwater limpet is found in European countries and islands including:
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Czech Republic[4]
- Slovakia[4]
- Poland
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- For a full list see Fauna Europaea
Habitat edit
Acroloxus lacustris prefers still water. It lives in lakes, rivers, etc.[5]
Conservation status edit
This species is listed as least concern by the IUCN red list.
It is thought to be extinct in Israel due to habitat loss.[6]
References edit
- ^ Seddon, M.B. (2014). "Acroloxus lacustris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T155692A734716. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T155692A734716.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius).
- ^ "Fresh Water Limpets - Snails and Slugs (Gastropoda)". molluscs.at.
- ^ a b (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
- ^ "Acroloxus lacustris (Linnaeus 1758) - Lake limpet". molluscsIreland.
- ^ Seddon, M.B. (2014). "Acroloxus lacustris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T155692A734716. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T155692A734716.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
External links edit
- Acroloxus lacustris at Animalbase
- Acroloxus lacustris images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Encyclopedia of Life images