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Definition of Ancylus fluviatilis

1. Noun. Minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ancylus Fluviatilis

Literary usage of Ancylus fluviatilis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala by Uppsala universitet Geologiska institutionen (1908)
"Most of these fossils are remains of molluscs, some of which are such typical fresh-water forms as Ancylus fluviatilis and several species of Planorbis and ..."

2. The New Stone Age in Northern Europe by John Mason Tyler (1921)
"... change of this sea into a great landlocked body of water called the Ancylus Lake, from the most common and characteristic mollusk, Ancylus fluviatilis. ..."

3. A Manual of Conchology: According to the System Laid Down by Lamarck, with by A. M. Thomas Wyatt, Thomas Wyatt (1838)
"Ancylus fluviatilis. A. oblongus. The oblong Ancylus. Aperture elongated, vertex turned to one side, striated concentrically ; exterior pale yellowish ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"Ancylus fluviatilis, auct. The shell presents a more elevated and regular cone than that of the Ancylus oblongus, and when cleansed from its ferruginous ..."

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