Ancylus fluviatilis

Ancylus fluviatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Ancylus
Species:
A. fluviatilis
Binomial name
Ancylus fluviatilis

The river limpet[1][3] (Ancylus fluviatilis) is a species of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the tribe Ancylini within the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

Different views of the shell of Ancylus fluviatilis
  1. ^ a b Seddon, M.; Albrecht, C. & Van Damme, D. (2012). "Ancylus fluviatilis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T156181A17196933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T156181A17196933.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Müller O. F. 1774. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber).
  3. ^ "BioLib: Biological library".