Identifying British freshwater snails: Shell wider than tall

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Shell wound in one plane only, or nearly so.


Is the aperture of the mouth nearly circular
AND is it closed by an operculum
(at least in live animals), as above?


Or is the mouth more eliptical AND WITHOUT
an operculum, even in live animals, as here?

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