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Lymnaea
(
Pseudosuccinea
)
ovalior
(Annandale and Prashad)
Shell globose, oviform with a short spire. The
base of the spire as broad as upper portion of
the body wall
Loktak Lake
Manipur: Bishenpur
Galba andersoniana
(Nevill)
Shell small, globosely elongated, perforate,
smooth, whorls 5, spire short, columellar margin
thicken and refl ected covering the perforation
Found in small streams, seepages and
temporary collections of water in cool and wet
places
Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir
Galba hookeri
(Reeve)
Upper margin of whorls broadly fl attened; spire
very short; aperture wide; columellar callous
thick, columellar fold broad
Clear cold spring-feed ponds with dense chara
spec, vegetation. Small- to medium-sized
streams with macrophytes and detritus
accumulation
Sikkim (very common in high
altitude and endemic from
north Himalayan region)
Galba truncatula
(Mueller)
Shell sculptured with very fi ne spiral striation;
columellar fold broad and forms a fl at
projection over the umbilicus
Found in small streams, seepages and
temporary collections of water in cool and
humid places. Often found outside the water
bodies under wet dense vegetation
Kashmir
Radix auricularia
(Linnaeus)
Body whorl not much infl ated, spire not
canalized
It is a Palaearctic species which has its
distribution extended to Kashmir (Dal Lake and
other water bodies near Srinagar)
Kashmir (commonly found
around Acchabal)
Radix brevicauda
(Sowerby)
Spire extremely short; body whorl greatly
infl ated
In lakes and slow running streams
Kashmir
Radix lagotis
Spire moderately excreted; spire is larger, shape
of the aperture being more or less constant
Cold water bodies, lakes
Kashmir; Ladakh: Leh
Form
costulata
(von Martens)
Form
defi lippi
(Issel)
Form
solidissima
(Kobelt)
Form
striata
(Andreae)
Radix persica
(Issel)
Shell not much large, outer lip well expanded,
extends beyond the body whorl posteriorly;
columella distinctly refl ected and twisted
It inhabits large rivers and streams, common in
the Ganga river in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. It is
found in middle mountains in stony or rocky
riverbeds, attach to hard substrate
Andhra Pradesh, Delhi,
Himachal Pradesh; Jammu
and Kashmir, Mizoram,
Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
Stagnicola tungabhadraensis
(Ray)
Shell elongate, turreted, perforate, whorls 6,
rounded rapidly increasing in size, body whorl
large, columella twisted and strongly refl ected
over the perforation
Main canal near Tungabhadra project area
Andhra Pradesh: Kurnool
Physa acuta
(Draparnaud)
Shell moderate, ovate, sinistral, transparent but
hick and sharply pointed apex; body whorl
large and around
The species prefers polluted water, found
commonly in irrigation channels, dams and
streams in or near town and may be well
adapted to undergo anhydrobiosis
Delhi, Maharashtra
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