Stagnicola palustris explained

Stagnicola palustris is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.^[1]

Subspecies:

• † Stagnicola palustris antilibanensis (Blanckenhorn, 1897)
• Stagnicola palustris palustris (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Taxonomy

Stagnicola turricula is a synonym of Stagnicola palustris, because they are not genetically independent, but S. turricula is still sometimes listed separately.^{[2] [3]}

Description

The dimensions of the shell of an adult of this species are from about in length, and about in width.^[4]

Distribution

This species of snail occurs in European countries and islands including:

• Croatia
• Stagnicola palustris – Czech Republic^[5] – data deficient (DD)^[6]
• Germany – (Arten der Vorwarnliste)^[7]
• Great Britain
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Slovakia^[5]

Habitat

This snail lives in shallow, well-aerated freshwater habitats.

See also

Stagnicola palustris-like snails in the North America are named Ladislavella elodes, but that may be the same species.^[8]

References

• Lazareva A.I. (1967). On the systematics of freshwater snails of Kazakhstan from the group Lymnaea palustris Müller (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) [in Russian]. Zoologicheskiy zhurnal. 46(9):1340-1349
• Dybowski W. (1908). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Binnen-Mollusken Littauens. Familia Limnophysidae m., monographisch bearbeitet. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Imperatorskoy Akademii Nauk. 13(3): 268–302.
• Clessin, S. (1873). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna der oberbayerischen Seen. Correspondenz-blatt des Zoologisch-mineralogischen Vereins in Regensburg. 27: 56–179.
• Miller K. (1873). Die Schalthiere des Bodensees. Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte des Bodensees und seiner Umgebung. 4: 123-134
• Westerlund, C. A. (1881). Malakologiska bidrag. I. För Skandinaviens fauna nya land- och sötvatten-mollusker. II. För vetenskapen nya land- och sötvatten-mollusker. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 38 (4): 35–69. Stockholm.
• Nelson W. (1883). Descriptions of new British varieties of freshwater shells. Journal of Conchology. 4: 25–26.
• Cockerell S.C. (1886). On some British varieties of Limnaeae. Journal of Conchology. 5: 44–45.
• Pearce S.S. (1894). The land and freshwater Mollusca of East Norfolk. Journal of Conchology. 7: 391–404.
• Forel, F.A., 1874. Matériaux pour servir à l'étude de la faune profonde du lac Léman, 1re série. Bull. Soc. vaud. Sci. nat. 13 72: 1–164.
• Tschapek H. (1884). Aus dem Sommer in Steiermark. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 16: 17–21.
• Krausp, C. (1936). Beitrag zur estländischen Molluskenfauna. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 68: 16–61, 2 pls. Frankfurt am Main.
• Petrbok, J. (1942). Zur Kenntnis der holozänen Mollusken von Syrien. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 74 (4): 152–156. Frankfurt am Main.
• Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. Fauna of Arabia. 17: 333–461.
• Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.

External links

• Jeffreys, J. G. (1830). A synopsis of the testaceous pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 323-392.
• Hazay, J. (1880). Die Molluskenfauna von Budapest. Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge. 3: 1-69, 160-183, pl. 1-9
• Servain, G. (1882 ["1881"]). Histoire malacologique du lac Balaton en Hongrie. 1-125 + Errata [1 p.]. Poissy (S. Lejay)
• Mousson, A. (1861). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Prof. J.R. Roth dans son dernier voyage en Orient. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich, 6 (1): 1-34; 6 (2): 124-156. Zürich
• Scholtz, H. (1843). Schlesien's Land- und Wasser-Mollusken: systematisch geordnet und beschrieben. August Schulz und Comp., Breslau. pp. i-x, 1-141
• Scholtz, H. (1845). Neueste Beobachtungen im Gebiet der Molluskenfauna Schlesiens. Zeitschrift für Malakologie. 2: 97-110
• Locard, A. (1893). Conchyliologie française. (I). Les coquilles des eaux douces et saumâtres de France. Description des familles, genres et espèces. 1-327. Paris (J.-B. Baillière)
• Roffiaen, F. (1868). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis en Suisse. Annales de la Societe malacologique du Belgique. 3, 65-84.
• Germain, L. (1903). Ètude sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles vivants des environs d'Angers et du départment de Maine-et-Loire. Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de la France. Series 2, 3: 1–238.
• Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text.
• Jeffreys, J. G. (1830). A synopsis of the testaceous pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 323-392
• Clessin, S. (1878). Nordschwedische Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter. 25: 67–79
• Piaget J. (1912). Les récents dragages malacologiques de M. le Prof. Émile Yung dans le lac Léman. Journal de Conchyliologie. 60: 205-233
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• Schlesch H. (1907). Neuheiten zur fauna Dänemarks. Annales de la Société royale zoologique et malacologique de Belgique. 42: 161–162
• Gassies J.-B. (1849). Tableau méthodique et descriptif des mollusques terrestres et d'eau douce de l'Agenais. Paris-Agen: J.-B. Baillière; chez l'auteur. 209 p
• Westerlund, C. A. (1897). Synopsis molluscorum extramarinorum Scandinaviae (Sueciae, Norvegiae, Daniae & Fenniae). Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 13 (7): 1-238, Helsingfors
• Taylor, J. W. (1883). Descriptions of some new varieties of British land and freshwater shells. Journal of Conchology. 4: 28-37
• Piaget J. (1912). Les récents dragages malacologiques de M. le Prof. Émile Yung dans le lac Léman. Journal de Conchyliologie. 60: 205-233
• Schlesch, H. (1908). Notice sur Limnophysa palustris Müll. var. schleschi Cl. et subvar. castanea Schl. nov. var. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 55: 129
• Schermer, E. (1918). Zur Molluskenfauna der Umgebung der Stadt Schleswig. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 50: 138-146
• Glöer, P. & Pešić, V. (2012). The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. ZooKeys. 219: 11-61. Sofia

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Stagnicola palustris (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594993 on 2023-11-29
2. Prié, V. . Seddon, M.B. . amp . 2011 . Stagnicola turricula . e.T155519A4791559 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T155519A4791559.en . 3 September 2014.
3. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=2061 "Species summary for Stagnicola turricula"
4. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1880 "Species summary for Stagnicola palustris"
5. Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1–37. PDF.
6. Beran L. (2002). Vodní měkkýši České Republiky – rozšíření a jeho změny, stanoviště, šíření, ohrožení a ochrana, červený seznam. Aquatic molluscs of the Czech Republic – distribution and its changes, habitats, dispersal, threat and protection, Red List. Sborník přírodovědného klubu v Uherském Hradišti, Supplementum 10, 258 pp.
7. Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003). Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, .
8. Cordeiro, J. . Perez, K. . 2012 . Ladislavella elodes . e.T189641A1930093 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T189641A1930093.en . 18 November 2021.