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Shiny Ram's-horn
Segmentina nitida
Segmentina nitida, the shining ram's-horn snail, is a species of small, air-breathing, freshwater snail. Taxonomically, the S. nitida is an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Planorbidae, commonly called the ramshorn snails.
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Description
The shell of this species is sinistral in coiling and almost planispiral in shape. The spire is deeply sunken. The surface of the shell is glossy. The maximum shell diameter is about 7 mm.
Range & habitat
This species lives in water weeds, in ponds and marsh drainage ditches. It is uncommon to rare.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 336767.