Megalovalvata baicalensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.
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Genus: | Megalovalvata
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Species: | M. baicalensis
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Megalovalvata baicalensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)[1]
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Paludina baicalensis Gerstfeldt, 1859 |
This species occurs in lake Baikal in depths from 3 to 50 m, and in the Angara River in Russia.[3]
The type locality is Lake Baikal ("Baikalsee").[3]
This snail lives in freshwater habitats.