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Avenionia bourguignati
Avenionia bourguignati is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
From the article Avenionia bourguignati on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 1 mm. (Original description in French) The shell is subcylindrical and somewhat short, consisting of four to five fairly convex whorls that increase rapidly in size. The body whorl is slightly ventricose at the top, and the suture is well-marked. The umbilical chink is very narrow, and the aperture is suboval and only slightly oblique. The shell itself is encrusted and blackish in color.
Range & habitat
This species is found in central France and the Netherlands. It is known from freshwater springs.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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 94992.