Megalovalvata baicalensis

Megalovalvata baicalensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

Megalovalvata baicalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Valvatoidea
Family:	Valvatidae
Genus:	Megalovalvata
Species:	M. baicalensis
Binomial name
Megalovalvata baicalensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Paludina baicalensis Gerstfeldt, 1859 Valvata grubii W. Dybowski, 1875[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in lake Baikal in depths from 3 to 50 m, and in the Angara River in Russia.^[2]

The type locality is Lake Baikal ("Baikalsee").^[2]

Habitat

This snail lives in freshwater habitats.