ONCE MORE ABOUT LYMNAEA AMPLA (HARTMANN, 1821) AND TAXONOMICAL PROBLEMS OF LYMNAEIDAE (GASTROPODA: PULMONATA)

Prozorova L.A.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 2009; 13: 47-54

Differences in views on Lymnaeidae taxonomy for species Lymnaea patula (E.M. Da Costa, 1778) (syn.: Limnaeus ampla Hartmann, 1821) are discussed. Distribution of L. patula in Siberia is critically examined. On the basis of both own and literature data, the species distributional range in middle Siberia is restricted by upper Yenisei River drainage. Finds of L. patula in Lena River and in Yenisei basin downstream Angara are erroneous or doubtful.