Valvata piscinalis | |
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a live Valvata piscinalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Valvatidae |
Genus: | Valvata |
Species: | V. piscinalis
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Binomial name | |
Valvata piscinalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]
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Valvata piscinalis, common name the European stream valvata or European valve snail, is a species of minute freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails. It is also known as Cincinna piscinalis (Müller, 1774).[3]