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Flat ancylid

Pettancylus clessinianus (Jickeli, 1882)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The flat ancylid (Pettancylus clessinianus) is a species in the family Planorbidae.

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Quick facts about the flat ancylid

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 flat ancylid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the flat ancylid as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Albania
  2. Czechia
  3. Ireland
  4. Latvia
  5. Sweden

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 flat ancylid 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 flat ancylid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPlanorbidae
  5. genusPettancylus
  6. SpeciesPettancylus clessinianus (Jickeli, 1882)

Synonyms Ancylus clessinianus, Ferrissia clessiniana

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Wautier's limpetEnglish
  • člunka pravohrotáCzech
  • Flache MützenschneckeGerman
  • פנכית נטויהHebrew
  • bräcklig hättesnäckaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the flat ancylid

Other species in the same genus Pettancylus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the flat ancylid an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the flat ancylid as introduced in 5 countries: Albania, Czechia, Ireland, Latvia and Sweden, 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). Flat ancylid (Pettancylus clessinianus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/flat-ancylid

MLA

“Flat ancylid (Pettancylus clessinianus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/flat-ancylid.

BibTeX
@misc{flat_ancylid_2026,
  title = {Flat ancylid (Pettancylus clessinianus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/flat-ancylid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}