Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Marinskiy, Vadim V., 2017, Checklist of the freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Mongolia, Zootaxa 4317 (1), pp. 45-78 : 62

Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Regional distribution. SeVeral tenS of SpecimenS of Physa fontinalis haVe been found by uS in SampleS from the Khoit Dalai Nuur Lake near Dorgon Settlement (14.07.2012; leg. D.M. PalatoV), and from a channel of the Kherlen RiVer near Ondorkhaan Town (19.06.2010, leg. D.M. PalatoV). Earlier, MartenS (1882) recorded thiS SpecieS from Northern Mongolia (Eter gol RiVer).

Extra-limital distribution. Ph. fontinalis iS a SpecieS widely diStributed in weStern Palearctic , Europe to WeStern Siberia ( Taylor 2003).

Morphology. The SnailS of Mongolia morphologically are Very Similar to Physa fontinalis from Europe and WeStern Siberia.

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FIGURE 6. Shells and genitalia of Physidae and Planorbidae discUssed in the paper. A— Physa fontinalis (19.06.2010, a channel of the Kherlen River, leg. Palatov). B— Ph. dalmatina / taslei (09.06.1996, Hövsgöl Lake near Khankh River moUth, leg. Sitnikova, LIN). C— Sibirenauta tuwaensis, a paratype (Eter River, leg. Potanin, ZIN). D— Armiger annandalei, Afghanistan, a sWamp near Vazirabad (after Likharev & Starobogatov 1967, fig. 9). E— A. annandalei from Mongolia (14.08.2012, Khait Dalai NUUr lake, leg. Palatov). F— A. crista (15.08.2012, Dorgon Water reservoir, leg. Prokin). G— Bathyomphalus contortus (15.07.2012, Chono-Khoraikhgol River, leg. Vinarski). H— Choanomphalus mongolicus (20.07.1997, Hövsgöl Lake, leg. Sitnikova, LIN). I, J—Shell, copUlative organ and prostate of Gyraulus chinensis (23.07.2012, Airag NUUr Lake, leg. Vinarski). K— G. sibiricus var. major (1877, Eter River, leg. Potanin, det. Martens, ZIN). Scale bars: 1 mm (A, D – F, H – J), 2 mm (B, C, K). All photos are original, except of I, J (made by Peter Glöer).