Felipponea elongata. Rio Uruguai, departamento de Paysandú, Uruguail. (picture not licenced under creative commons)

Male snail. (picture not licenced under creative commons)

Male snail. (picture not licenced under creative commons)

Shell: Neritoid (the species name indicates this already).
The shell of this snail is quite heavy and thick.
Colour: olive green.
Operculum: corneous
Body: Dark.

Eggs: Aquatic eggs in gelatineous clutches.

Habitat: Lives in streaming, oxigen rich water (hence to absense of a breathing siphon).
Distribution: Rio Uruguai, departamento de Paysandú, Uruguai

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