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Bugle sprite

Menetus dilatatus (A. A. Gould, 1841)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The bugle sprite (Menetus dilatatus) is a species in the family Planorbidae.

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Quick facts about the bugle sprite

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bugle sprite live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bugle sprite as introduced in 6 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Czechia
  3. France
  4. Germany
  5. Poland
  6. United Kingdom

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bugle sprite endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bugle sprite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPlanorbidae
  5. genusMenetus
  6. SpeciesMenetus dilatatus (A. A. Gould, 1841)

Synonyms Dilatata dilatata, Menetus dilatatus, Menetus dilatatus avus, Micromenetus dilatatus, Micromenetus dilatatus avus, Planorbis alabamensis var. avus, Planorbis buchananii, Planorbis buchanensis, Planorbis dilatatus, Planorbis dilatatus pennsylvanica, Planorbis uliginosus

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Trumpet ram's-hornEnglish
  • Trumpet ramshornEnglish
  • menetovník rozšířenýCzech
  • Amerikanische ZwergposthornschneckeGerman
  • Planorbine américaineFrench
  • ヒロマキミズマイマイJapanese
  • Hoekige schijfhorenDutch
  • Zatoczek rozszerzonyPolish
  • kotúľka rozšírenáSlovak
  • Amerikanische Zwerg-PosthornschneckeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bugle sprite

Other species in the same genus Menetus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bugle sprite an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bugle sprite as introduced in 6 countries, including Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany and Poland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bugle sprite (Menetus dilatatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bugle-sprite

MLA

“Bugle sprite (Menetus dilatatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bugle-sprite.

BibTeX
@misc{bugle_sprite_2026,
  title = {Bugle sprite (Menetus dilatatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bugle-sprite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}