APHOTOFAUNA

An online educational resource dedicated to the photography of
terrestrial wildlife and their habitats, found across South-West
England and the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula by David Fenwick.

Land and Freshwater Snails (Mollusc Images - Gastropoda)
ORDER NERITOPSINA

FAMILY NERITIDAE

Theodoxus
Theodoxus fluviatilis fluviatilis (Linnaeus 1758)
- River or Freshwater nerite

ORDER ARCHITAENIOGLOSSA

FAMILY VIVIPARIDAE

Viviparus
Viviparus contectus (Millet 1813)
- Acute mud snail or Lister's river snail

ORDER LITTORINIMORPHA

FAMILY ASSIMINEIDAE

Paludinella
Paludinella littorina (Delle Chiaje 1828) - Lagoon snail

FAMILY HYDROBIIDAE

Hydrobia
Hydrobia acuta neglecta Muus 1963
– A Spire shell or Mud snail

Peringia
Peringia ulvae (Pennant 1777) - Laver spire shell

Potamopyrgus
Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray 1843)
- Jenkin's spire shell

FAMILY POMATIIDAE

Pomatias
Pomatias elegans (O. F. Müller 1774)
- Round-mouthed snail

ORDER PULMONATA

FAMILY ACROLOXIDAE

Acroloxus
Acroloxus lacustris (Linnaeus 1758) – Lake limpet

FAMILY CARYCHIIDAE

Carychium
Carychium minimum O. F. Müller 1774 - Herald snail

FAMILY CHONDRINIDAE

Abida
Abida secale secale (Draparnaud 1801)
– Large chrysalis snail

FAMILY CLAUSILIIDAE

Alinda
Alinda biplicata biplicata (Montagu 1803)
– Common door snail

Balea
Balea (Balea) sarsii Pfeiffer 1847 syn.
Balea (Balea) heydeni Von Maltzan 1881 - Tree snail

Balea perversa (Linnaeus 1758) - Wall snail

Clausilia
Clausilia bidentata bidentata (Ström 1765)
– Two-toothed door snail

Macrogastra
Macrogastra rolphii (Turton 1826) - Rolph's door Snail

FAMILY COCHLICELLIDAE

Cochlicella
Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller 1774) – Pointed snail

FAMILY COCHLICOPIDAE

Azeca
Azeca goodalli (A. Férussac 1821) – Three-toothed snail

Cochlicopa
Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Müller 1774)
- Glossy Pillar, Slippery or moss snail

FAMILY DISCIDAE

Discus
Discus rotundatus rotundatus (O. F. Müller 1774)
- Rounded Snail

FAMILY ELLOBIIDAE

Auriculinella
Auriculinella bidentata (Montagu, 1808)
– Two-toothed white snail

Myosotella
Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud 1801)
- Estuarine mouse-eared snail

FAMILY ENIDAE

Ena
Ena montana (Draparnaud 1801) - Mountain bulin

Merdigera
Merdigera obscura (O. F. Müller 1774) - Lesser bulin

FAMILY GASTRODONTIDAE

Zonitoides
Zonitoides excavatus (Alder 1830) - Hollowed glass snail

FAMILY HELICIDAE

Arianta
Arianta arbustorum arbustorum (Linnaeus 1758)
- Copse snail

Cepaea
Cepaea nemoralis nemoralis (Linnaeus 1758)
– Brown-lipped snail

Cepaea hortensis (O. F. Müller 1774)
– White-lipped snail

Cornu
Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller 1774) - Garden Snail

Helicigona
Helicigona lapicida lapicida (Linnaeus 1758)
- Lapidary snail

Theba
Theba pisana pisana (O. F. Müller 1774)
– Pisan or Sandhill snail

FAMILY HELICODONTIDAE

Helicodonta
Helicodonta obvoluta obvoluta (O. F. Müller 1774)
– Cheese snail

FAMILY HYGROMIIDAE

Candidula
Candidula intersecta (Poiret 1801) - Wrinkled snail

Cernuella
Cernuella virgata (Da Costa 1778) – Striped snail

Helicella
Helicella itala itala (Linnaeus 1758) - Heath snail

Hygromia
Hygromia cinctella (Draparnaud 1801) - Girdled snail

Monacha
Monacha cantiana (Montagu 1803)
– Kentish garden snail

Monacha cartusiana (O. F. Müller 1774)
– Chartreuse snail

Trochulus
Trochulus hispidus (Linnaeus 1758) - Hairy snail
Trochulus sericeus (Draparnaud 1801)

FAMILY LAURIIDAE

Lauria
Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa 1778)
- Common chrysalis snail

Leiostyla
Leiostyla anglica (A. Férussac 1821)
- English chrysalis snail

FAMILY LYMNAEIDAE

Galba
Galba truncatula (O. F.Müller 1774)
– Dwarf pond snail or Fluke snail

Lymnaea
Lymnaea palustris (O. F. Müller 1774) - Marsh pond snail
Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus 1758) – Great pond snail

Myxas
Myxas glutinosa (O. F. Müller 1774) - Glutinous snail

Omphiscola
Omphiscola glabra (O. F. Müller 1774) – Mud pond snail

Radix
Radix auricularia (Linnaeus 1758) - Ear pond snail
Radix balthica (Linnaeus 1758) – Wandering pond snail

FAMILY OTINIDAE

Otina
Otina ovata (T. Brown 1827) - Ear-shaped snail

FAMILY OXYCHILIDAE

Aegopinella
Aegopinella nitidula (Draparnaud 1805)
– Smooth glass snail

Oxychilus
Oxychilus alliarius (J. S. Miller 1822) - Garlic snail
Oxychilus cellarius (O. F. Müller 1774) - Cellar snail
Oxychilus navarricus helveticus (Blum 1881)
- Glossy glass snail

FAMILY PHYSIDAE

Aplexa
Aplexa hypnorum (Linnaeus 1758) - Moss bladder snail

Physa
Physa species – A Bladder snail

FAMILY PLANORBIDAE

Ancylus
Ancylus fluviatilis O. F. Müller 1774 – River limpet

Anisus
Anisus leucostoma - White-lipped ramshorn
Anisus spirorbis (Linnaeus 1758) - Button ramshorn
Anisus vortex (Linnaeus 1758)
– Whirlpool ram’s-horn snail

Bathyomphalus
Bathyomphalus contortus (Linnaeus 1758)
- Twisted ramshorn

Gyraulus
Gyraulus albus (O. F. Müller 1774) - White ramshorn
Gyraulus crista (Linnaeus 1758) - Nautilus ramshorn
Gyraulus laevis (Alder 1838) - Smooth ramshorn

Menetus
Menetus dilatatus (Gould 1841) - Trumpet ramshorn

Planorbarius
Planorbarius corneus corneus (Linnaeus 1758)
- Greater Ramshorn

Planorbis
Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller 1774 - Keeled ramshorn

Segmentina
Segmentina nitida (O. F. Müller 1774)
- Shining ram's-horn snail

FAMILY PUNCTIDAE

Punctum
Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud 1801) - Dwarf snail

FAMILY PUPILLIDAE

Pupilla
Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus 1758)
- Moss chrysalis snail

FAMILY PYRAMIDULIDAE

Pyramidula
Pyramidula pusilla (Vallot 1801) – Rock snail

FAMILY SUCCINEIDAE

Oxyloma
Oxyloma elegans elegans (Risso 1826)
- Pfeiffer's amber snail


Succinea
Succinea putris (Linnaeus 1758) – Large amber snail

FAMILY VALLONIIDAE

Acanthinula
Acanthinula aculeata (O. F. Müller 1774) - Prickly snail

Spermodea
Spermodea lamellata (Jeffreys 1830) - Plaited snail

Vallonia
Vallonia pulchella (O. F. Müller 1774)
- Smooth grass snail

FAMILY VERTIGINIDAE

Vertigo
Vertigo antivertigo (Draparnaud 1801)
- Marsh whorl snail

Vertigo pygmaea (Draparnaud 1801)
- Common whorl snail

FAMILY VITRINIDAE

Vitrina
Vitrina pellucida (O. F. Müller 1774) - Pellucid glass snail

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