As I understand it, the gastropod Genus: Stagnicola consists of 3 species in Western Europe, S. corvus, S. fuscus and S. palustris (the 3 were previously lumped together as Lymnaea palustris).
Contemporary literature seems confused as to whether S. corvus is a valid species and, if so, whether it is present in Britain, or that the British species are actually S. palustris and S. fuscus. Does anybody have any insight as to the true state of this taxonomy?
Richard:
You may like to have a look at the following link:
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Syed
file:///C:/Users/lenovo/Downloads/folmal.023.003%203-18.pdf
Hello Syed,
Many thanks for that. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the link to work - it just told me it couldn't find the file. It may be an issue with the IT systems here - they're a bit primitive!
Cheers,
Richard
Richard:
Sorry for that. The paper is by Pienkowska et al. (2015): Taxonomic status of Stagnicola palustris etc. Folia Malacol. 23(1): 3-18.
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Syed
Excellent! Thanks for that Syed - I found it on Google Scholar.
Seems S. corvus is valid and distinct from S. palustris, at least in genome terms.
Cheers,
Richard
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