Acroloxus lacustris

Acroloxus lacustris
	Acroloxus lacustris Lake Constance
	Two views of a shell of Acroloxus lacustris
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:	Acroloxoidea
Family:	Acroloxidae
Genus:	Acroloxus
Species:	A. lacustris
Binomial name
	Acroloxus lacustris; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Acroloxus velkovrhi Bole, 1965

Acroloxus lacustris, or the lake limpet, is a small freshwater limpet or snail, a species of aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Acroloxidae.

Description

The 4–7 mm. (7 mm long, 3 mm wide and 2 mm high) shell is laterally compressed elongate and limpet-like (no whorls and cone or hat shaped) with a sharp apex twisted to the left The colour is yellowish-grey to brown. The dimensions may vary depending on the substrate surface. On thin plant stems the shells are narrow, and more parallel-sided on leaves and stones they are rather wide oval. ^[3]

Distribution

Found across Europe to western and central Siberia. The distribution type is Eurosiberian Wide Temperate. This species of freshwater limpet is found in European countries and islands including:

Habitat

Acroloxus lacustris prefers still water. It lives in lakes, rivers, etc. ^[5]

Conservation status

This species is listed as least concern by the IUCN red list.

It is thought to be extinct in Israel due to habitat loss. ^[6]

References

^ Seddon, M.B. (2014). "Acroloxus lacustris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T155692A734716. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T155692A734716.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius).
^ "Fresh Water Limpets - Snails and Slugs (Gastropoda)". molluscs.at.
^ ^a ^b (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
^ "Acroloxus lacustris (Linnaeus 1758) - Lake limpet". molluscsIreland.
^ Seddon, M.B. (2014). "Acroloxus lacustris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T155692A734716. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T155692A734716.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

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[1] Seddon, M.B. (2014). "Acroloxus lacustris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T155692A734716. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T155692A734716.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

[2] Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius).

[3] "Fresh Water Limpets - Snails and Slugs (Gastropoda)". molluscs.at.

[Horsák_2010-4] (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.

[5] "Acroloxus lacustris (Linnaeus 1758) - Lake limpet". molluscsIreland.

[6] Seddon, M.B. (2014). "Acroloxus lacustris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T155692A734716. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T155692A734716.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

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