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Crested ramshorn

Drepanotrema kermatoides (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The crested ramshorn (Drepanotrema kermatoides) is a species in the family Planorbidae.

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Quick facts about the crested ramshorn

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 crested ramshorn live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the crested ramshorn as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

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 crested ramshorn 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 crested ramshorn classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPlanorbidae
  5. genusDrepanotrema
  6. SpeciesDrepanotrema kermatoides (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Synonyms Drepanotrema kermatoides, Planorbis kermatoides

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Crested rams-hornEnglish
  • Kamm-TellerschneckeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the crested ramshorn

Other species in the same genus Drepanotrema.

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Common questions

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Is the crested ramshorn an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the crested ramshorn as introduced in 1 country: United States, 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). Crested ramshorn (Drepanotrema kermatoides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/crested-ramshorn

MLA

“Crested ramshorn (Drepanotrema kermatoides).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/crested-ramshorn.

BibTeX
@misc{crested_ramshorn_2026,
  title = {Crested ramshorn (Drepanotrema kermatoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/crested-ramshorn},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}