Stagnicola occultus
Encyclopedia
Catascopia occulta is a species
of air-breathing freshwater snail
, an aquatic
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae
, the pond snails.
in the Eastern Bohemia and in temporary pool near the inflow of the Dyje River into the Morava river in Moravia, Germany, Poland and other areas.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of air-breathing freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
, an aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae
Lymnaeidae
Lymnaeidae is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila....
, the pond snails.
Distribution
This species of snail is found in the Czech Republic in two localities only: in a small temporary pool near Kladruby nad LabemKladruby nad Labem
Kladruby nad Labem is a village and municipality in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic, located abot 6 km northwest of Přelouč or 22 km west of Pardubice...
in the Eastern Bohemia and in temporary pool near the inflow of the Dyje River into the Morava river in Moravia, Germany, Poland and other areas.
External links
- Species summary for Stagnicola occultus". AnimalBaseAnimalBaseAnimalBase is a project brought to life in 2004 and is maintained by the University of Göttingen, Germany. The goal of the AnimalBase project is to digitize early zoological literature, provide copyright-free open access to zoological works, and provide manually verified lists of names of...