Bithynia leachii
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Bithynia leachii

Bithynia leachii is species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Appearance

The width of the shell is 3–7 mm. The height of the shell is 4–8 mm. The colour is brown or grey. There are 4 to 4.5 very convex whorls forming a short cone with a very deep suture in comparison to Bithynia tentaculata. The spire is shorter and less sharp than in Bithynia tentaculata. The aperture and operculum upside are smoothly rounded. The aperture is without a sharp point on the upper corner.

Distribution

Geography

It is a Palearctic species found in North Africa and Europe to East Siberia.

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  • Czech Republic – near Morava River and near Thaya ( Dyje) river in the most southern Moravia near Hlohovec, Kostice and Tvrdonice, critically endangered (CR)
  • Germany – high endangered (Stark gefährdet )
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Slovakia – in Danube drainage basin (mainly in Žitný ostrov) and in Tisza drainage basin
  • Sweden
  • Great Britain
  • Ireland
  • Hungary
  • ...

This species requires clean, calcium-rich water, which is slow-running and thickly weeded.

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References

1. Bithynia leachii Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bithynia_leachii
2. Bithynia leachii on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155649/4814654

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