Hydrobia acuta
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Hydrobia acuta is a species of very small (4-6mm.) brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
Description
Draparnaud's description reads "Coquille ovale-oblongue, un peu conique, aiguë à son sommet, transparente, lisse, quoique marquée de légères stries lorsqu'on l'observe à la loupe. Dans son naturel elle une couleur verdàtre.La spire a six à sept tours. L'ouverture est ovale et le péristome simple.Fente ombilicale peu prononcée. Opercule mince et lisse.
In English "Shell oval-oblong, slightly conical, acute at the top transparent, smooth, albeit marked with light streaks when it is observed under the microscope. In nature it is a greenish colour.The spire has six or seven whorls. The opening is oval and the peristome is simple.Little pronounced umbilical slot.Operculum thin and smooth.
Subspecies
- Hydrobia acuta neglecta Muus, 1963
Distribution
This species occurs on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea and, as a rare species in Ireland.
References
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- AnimalBase info at: [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=2174]
External links
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- [http://www.habitas.org.uk/priority/species.asp?item=6610 Habitas]
- Images at: [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120021459/http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_5881.html]
- Images at: Encyclopedia of Life [http://eol.org/pages/4858839/overview]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1805
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