Lister's river snail

English

Noun

Lister's river snail (plural Lister's river snails)

1. A large freshwater snail of species Viviparus contectus.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 82:

     Lister's river snail (Viviparus contectus)—a large freshwater species with a striped shell, which survives in lakes in Britain today—gives us a good idea of how its ancient relatives looked and lived.