Hippeutis complanatus

Hippeutis complanatus, or the flat ram's-horn snail, is a species of minute air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Hippeutis complanatus is the type species of the genus Hippeutis.

Distribution
The species is found in the Palearctic zone, including Europe.


 * Latvia
 * Czech Republic - least concern (LC)
 * Slovakia
 * Poland
 * Germany
 * Austria
 * Netherlands
 * Sweden
 * British Isles: Great Britain, Ireland

Shell description
This minute shell is almost perfectly planispiral and shaped like a lens. The whorls overlap one another. The shell color varies from offwhite to a brownish yellow.

Ecology
This snail lives in ponds and ditches, and prefers calcium-rich waters.