06 Potamopyrgus antipodarum

06 Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Juveniles, shell height 1.1 mm.
Smallest juveniles have slightly more acute adapical angle, and the relatively large protoconch forms a bulbous apex. They have a slight umbilical chink which is lost at larger sizes.
Freshwater pool, Dee Estuary, Cheshire. September 2011.