Pyrgula annulata

Pyrgula annulata is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Pyrgula annulata
Apertural view of two shells of Pyrgula annulata.
Scientific classification
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Pyrgulinae
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P. annulata
Binomial name
Pyrgula annulata
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms

Turbo annulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Melania helvetica Michelin, 1831
Pyrgula helvetica (Michelin, 1831)

Pyrgula annulata is the type species of the genus Pyrgula.

Distribution

This species occurs in Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, and Albania.

References

  1. Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
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