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

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Holarctic.

It is known to occur in islands and countries including:

• Czech Republic

• Slovakia

• Germany - critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht)

• Poland - endangered

• Great Britain

Description

The shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.

Habitat

This small snail lives on water plants in freshwater.

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