Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J.E. Gray, 1843) |
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Known distribution: everywhere, even in some springs.
The species can live also in the underflow of streams, and tolerates highly mineralized waters. Above: specimens from the cold spring at Lamiña cave, Camou-Cihigue, W. Pyrenees, SW. France. Size of the collected specimen: 4,2mm. Altitude ≈ 270m. |
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| Together with a Mercuria sp., Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Eupaludestrina stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) near a lagunar environment, in a spring on Sainte-Lucie island, north of Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude, Occitania, S. France. 4,3-3,6-3,75mm. Altitude ≈ sea level. |
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| Together with Moitessieria massoti Bourguignat, 1863, in the saline karst spring of La Fouradade, Maury-Tautavel area, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania. Altitude ≈ 280m. Size: 4,85mm. |
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In the springs inside the fortress, Salses-le-Château, Pyrénées-Orientales. Altitude ≈ 15m. 4,2mm.
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