Peregriana peregra

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

Peregriana peregra
Four shells with scale bar showing cm and mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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)

Distribution and habitat

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

References
  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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