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Contectiana contecta (Millet, 1813) |
Viviparus contectus, common name Lister's river snail, is a species of large, freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
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Distribution
This species is palaearctic in distribution, specifically Europe and western Siberia.
Habitat
This large snail lives in slow flowing rivers and canals which are unpolluted, and which have hard water and many water weeds.
Conservation status and list of countries
- Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [1]
- Czech Republic - near threatened (NT) [2] [3]
- Netherlands [4]
- Germany - endangered (3 gefährdet) [5]
- Russia - Sverdlovsk oblast [6]
- Slovakia
- the British Isles, specifically eastern England
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References
- ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 1 May 2007.
- ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
- ^ Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm
- ^ (Dutch) Viviparus contectus — Anemoon
- ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 108, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
- ^ http://ecoinf.uran.ru/content/4catalog/13.shtml
- Janus, Horst, 1965."The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs", Burke, London
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