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Danube nerite

Theodoxus danubialis (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The danube nerite (Theodoxus danubialis) is a species in the family Neritidae, order Cycloneritida.

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Quick facts about the danube nerite

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 danube nerite live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Germany

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 danube nerite 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 danube nerite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderCycloneritida
  5. familyNeritidae
  6. genusTheodoxus
  7. SpeciesTheodoxus danubialis (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)

Synonyms Nerita danubialis, Nerita danubialis var. carinata, Neritina benacensis, Neritina carinata, Neritina chrysostoma, Neritina danubialis, Neritina danubialis var. stragulata, Neritina gangrenosa, Neritina gardensis, Neritina serratilinea, Neritina serratiliniformis, Neritina stragulata, Theodoxus danubialis, Theodoxus danubialis carinatus, Theodoxus danubialis stragulata, Theodoxus danubialis var. stragulata, Theodoxus serratiliformis, Theodoxus serratiliniformis

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Danube freshwater neriteEnglish
  • Danubian neriteEnglish
  • zubovec dunajskýCzech
  • Donau-KahnschneckeGerman
  • rajzos csigaHungarian
  • Neritina del DanubioItalian
  • Дунайская лункаRussian
  • teodox dunajskýSlovak
  • Sarmatische SchwimmschneckeGerman
  • rajzos bödöncsigaHungarian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the danube nerite

Other species in the same genus Theodoxus.

The nerite

Theodoxus fluviatilis

NeritidaeNo free photo yet

Black nerite

Theodoxus prevostianus

NeritidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the danube nerite an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the danube nerite as introduced in 1 country: Germany, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the danube nerite?

The danube nerite (Theodoxus danubialis) belongs to the family Neritidae in the order Cycloneritida.

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). Danube nerite (Theodoxus danubialis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/danube-nerite

MLA

“Danube nerite (Theodoxus danubialis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/danube-nerite.

BibTeX
@misc{danube_nerite_2026,
  title = {Danube nerite (Theodoxus danubialis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/danube-nerite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}