Gyraulus acronicus

Gyraulus acronicus is a small species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Gyraulus acronicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Gyraulus
Species:	G. acronicus
Binomial name
Gyraulus acronicus (A. Férussac, 1807)[1]
Synonyms
Planorbis acronicus Férussac, 1807

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Holarctic.

It is known to occur in islands and countries including:

• Czech Republic^[2]
• Slovakia^[2]
• Germany - critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht) ^[3]
• Poland - endangered^[4]
• Great Britain

Description

The shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.

Habitat

This small snail lives on water plants in freshwater.