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Freshwater Nerite

Theodoxus fluviatilis

Classification

Family
Neritidae

Theodoxus fluviatilis, common name the river nerite, is a species of small freshwater and brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. This widely distributed neritid snail species occurs from Europe to Central Asia. It has a thick shell with a calcified operculum.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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