Acroloxus lacustris, or the lake limpet, is a small freshwater limpet or snail, a species of aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Acroloxidae.
Description The 4–7 mm. (7 mm long, 3 mm wide and 2 mm high) shell is laterally compressed elongate and limpet-like (no whorls and cone or hat shaped) with a sharp apex twisted to the left The colour is yellowish-grey to brown. The dimensions may vary depending on the substrate surface. On thin plant stems the shells are narrow, and more parallel-sided on leaves and stones they are rather wide oval.
Distribution Found across Europe to western and central Siberia. The distribution type is Eurosiberian Wide Temperate. This species of freshwater limpet is found in European countries and islands including: Belgium Croatia Czech Republic 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. Slovakia Poland Germany Netherlands Great Britain Ireland For a full list see Fauna Europaea
Habitat Acroloxus lacustris prefers still water. It lives in lakes, rivers, etc.
Conservation status
This species is listed as least concern by the IUCN red list.
It is thought to be extinct in Israel due to habitat loss.
References
External links
Acroloxus lacustris at Animalbase Acroloxus lacustris images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Encyclopedia of Life images