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Peregriana peregra

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Peregriana peregra
Four shells with scale bar showing cm and mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Peregriana
Species:
P. peregra
Binomial name
Peregriana peregra
Synonyms
  • Radix labiata (Rossmässler, 1835)[2]
  • Lymnaea peregra
  • Lymnaea pereger
  • Radix peregra (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Peregriana peregra is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

Distribution and habitat

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This small pond snail is found in Europe, Newfoundland and northern Asia. This species is common in slow-moving or still water.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Müller O. F. 1774. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber).
  2. ^ Rossmässler E. A. 1835-1837. Iconographie der Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. Erster Band. pp. Heft 1: [1], I-VI [= 1-6], 1-132, [1-2], Heft 2: [1-2], 1-26, Heft 3: [1-3], 1-33, Heft 4: [1-3], 1-27, Heft 5-6: [1-3], 1-70, Taf. 1-30. Dresden, Leipzig. (Arnold).
  3. ^ Janus Horst. (1965). The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs. Burke, London.
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