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River Limpet

Ancylus fluviatilis

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The river limpet (Ancylus fluviatilis) is a species of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the tribe Ancylini within the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. Description The 5–8 mm. limpet-like shell has a backwardly directed, conical apex.

Distribution

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