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Mimic lymnaea

Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The mimic lymnaea (Pseudosuccinea columella) is a species in the family Lymnaeidae.

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Quick facts about the mimic lymnaea

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 mimic lymnaea live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mimic lymnaea as introduced in 17 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Egyptinvasive
  2. Namibiainvasive
  3. South Africainvasive
  4. Argentina
  5. Austria
  6. Denmark
  7. France
  8. French Polynesia
  9. Germany
  10. Greece
  11. Israel
  12. Japan
  13. Latvia
  14. New Zealand
  15. Portugal
  16. Romania
  17. 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 mimic lymnaea 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 mimic lymnaea classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyLymnaeidae
  5. genusPseudosuccinea
  6. SpeciesPseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)

Synonyms Limnaea acuminata, Limnaea columella, Limnaea columella var. championi, Limnaea columella var. macrostoma, Limnaea francisca, Limnaea peregrina, Limnaea peregrina var. longispirata, Limnaea ubaquensis, Limnaeus columella, Limnaeus macrostomus, Limnaeus peregrinus, Limnaeus vitreus, Limnea succiniformis, Limnea vitrea, Limnophysa columella, Limnophysa vitrea, Lymnaea columella, Lymnaea columella chalybea, Lymnaea columella var. coarctata, Lymnaea merostoma, Lymnaeus columellus, Lymnea casta, Lymnea chalybea, Lymnea coarctata, Lymnea columella, Lymnea columellaris, Lymnea navicula, Lymnea strigosa, Lymneus macrostomus, Neristoma coarctata, Neristoma macrostoma, Pseudosuccinea columella casta, Pseudosuccinea columella chalybea, Pseudosuccinea columella championi, Pseudosuccinea columella columella, Pseudosuccinea francisca, Radix columella, Radix macrostoma, Succinea pellucida

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • American ribbed fluke snailEnglish
  • Mimic pondsnailEnglish
  • Reticulate pond snailEnglish
  • blátivka americkáCzech
  • Amerikanische SchlammschneckeGerman
  • Caracol de la duela del hígadoSpanish
  • Limnée fausse-ambretteFrench
  • ביצנית אמריקאיתHebrew
  • ハブタエモノアラガイJapanese
  • Błotniarka wędrownaPolish
  • amerikansk växthusdammsnäckaSwedish
  • KgopaTswana
  • Caracol limnea grandeSpanish
  • Ambrette aquatiqueFrench
  • lymnée auriforme américaineFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mimic lymnaea

Other species in the same genus Pseudosuccinea.

CompareMimic lymnaea vs Pseudosuccinea dineana

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mimic lymnaea an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the mimic lymnaea as invasive in 3 countries: Egypt, Namibia and South Africa. It lists it as introduced in 17 in all.

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). Mimic lymnaea (Pseudosuccinea columella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mimic-lymnaea

MLA

“Mimic lymnaea (Pseudosuccinea columella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mimic-lymnaea.

BibTeX
@misc{mimic_lymnaea_2026,
  title = {Mimic lymnaea (Pseudosuccinea columella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mimic-lymnaea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}