- Source: Hippeutis complanatus
Hippeutis complanatus, or the flat ram's-horn snail, is a species of minute air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Hippeutis complanatus is the type species of the genus Hippeutis.
Distribution
The species is found in the Palearctic zone, including Europe.
Latvia
Czech Republic - least concern (LC)
Slovakia
Poland
Germany
Austria
Netherlands
Sweden
British Isles: Great Britain, Ireland
Shell description
This minute shell is almost perfectly planispiral and shaped like a lens. The whorls overlap one another. The shell color varies from offwhite to a brownish yellow.
Ecology
This snail lives in ponds and ditches, and prefers calcium-rich waters.
References
External links
Hippeutis complanatus at Animalbase taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images
Hippeutis images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life