Planorbis carinatus
Planorbis carinatus is species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.
Description
The width of shell of this species is 9–15 mm. The shell has a noticeable keel at the center of the periphery of the body whorl.Distribution
Planorbis carinatus is found across Europe from Spain to Scandinavia. The Distribution type is European Wide-temperate range.- This species has not yet been evaluated for the IUCN red list
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Poland
Ecology
The habitat of this species is larger water bodies such as the open water of canals, rivers and lakes.It is essentially a hard water species and it is only locally found in very soft or acid waters.