Mudsnail
Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843)
Status not recordedsnails and slugs
The mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) is a species in the family Tateidae, order Littorinimorpha.
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Quick facts about the mudsnail
- 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 mudsnail live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mudsnail as introduced in 33 countries, and flagged as invasive in 12 of them.
- Denmarkinvasive
- Franceinvasive
- Hungaryinvasive
- Iraqinvasive
- Italyinvasive
- Japaninvasive
- Polandinvasive
- Russiainvasive
- Swedeninvasive
- Switzerlandinvasive
- Ukraineinvasive
- United Kingdominvasive
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Estonia
- Finland
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
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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 mudsnail 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 mudsnail classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda
- orderLittorinimorpha
- familyTateidae
- genusPotamopyrgus
- SpeciesPotamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843)
Synonyms Amnicola antipodanum, Amnicola antipodarum, Amnicola badia, Amnicola corolla, Amnicola egena, Amnicola gracilis, Amnicola zelandiae, Bithinia legrandi, Bithinia tasmanica, Bithinia unicarinata, Bythinella exigua, Bythinella pattisoni, Hydrobia antipodum, Hydrobia fischeri, Hydrobia jenkinsi, Hydrobia jenkinsi var. aculeata, Hydrobia reevei, Hydrobia spelaea, Hydrobia ventrosa carinata, Hydrobia ventrosa var. carinata, Melania corolla, Paludestrina cumingiana, Paludestrina jenkinsi, Paludestrina jenkinsi var. aculeata, Paludestrina legrandiana, Paludestrina salleana, Paludestrina wisemaniana, Potamopyrgus alexenkoae, Potamopyrgus badia, Potamopyrgus corolla, Potamopyrgus jenkinsi, Potamopyrgus jenkinsi aculeata, Potamopyrgus jenkinsi septentrionalis, Potamopyrgus jenkinsi var. aculeata, Potamopyrgus polistchuki, Potamopyrgus weltneri, Pseudamnicola lanceolata, Pyrgula dimidiata grossui, Pyrgula grossui, Rissoa castanea, Rissoa vana, Rissoina fuscozona, Rissoina vana
Other names and names in other languages (40)
- Jenkin's spire snailEnglish
- Jenkin's spire-snailEnglish
- Jenkins' spire shellEnglish
- Jenkins' spire snailEnglish
- Jenkins' spiresnailEnglish
- Jenkins's spire snailEnglish
- New Zealand mud snailEnglish
- New Zealand mudsnailEnglish
- New Zealand spiresnailEnglish
- New-Zealand mudsnailEnglish
- حلزون الطين النيوزيلنديArabic
- Caragol de FangCatalan
- písečník novozélandskýCzech
- ungefødende dyndsneglDanish
- Jenkins DeckelschneckeGerman
- rändtiguEstonian
- vaeltajakotiloFinnish
- Hydrobie des antipodesFrench
- חילזון הבוץ הניו-זילנדיHebrew
- lábas vízicsigácskaHungarian
- コモチカワツボJapanese
- Pietinė vijasraigėLithuanian
- Jaunzēlandes jostiņhidrobijaLatvian
- vandresneglNorwegian Bokmål
- Jenkins’ waterhorenDutch
- vandresnigelNorwegian Nynorsk
- wodożytka nowozelandzkaPolish
- Новозеландская улиткаRussian
- hydróbia novozélandskáSlovak
- nyzeeländsk tusensnäckaSwedish
- Neuseeland-ZwergdeckelschneckeGerman
- Neuseeländische DeckelschneckeGerman
- Neuseeländische ZwergdeckelschneckeGerman
- NeuseelandZwergdeckelschneckeGerman
- vandrepollsneglNorwegian Bokmål
- Jenkins' brakwaterhorentjeDutch
- Jenkins' waterhorenDutch
- Jenkins' waterhorentjeDutch
- vandrepollsnigelNorwegian Nynorsk
- kölad tusensnäckaSwedish
Relatives of the mudsnail
Other species in the same genus Potamopyrgus.
CompareMudsnail vs Te Ahumairangi hill snailMudsnail vs Potamopyrgus acusMudsnail vs Potamopyrgus ciliatusMudsnail vs Potamopyrgus dawbini
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Is the mudsnail an invasive species?
In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the mudsnail as invasive in 12 countries, including Denmark, France, Hungary, Iraq and Italy. It lists it as introduced in 33 in all.
What kind of animal is the mudsnail?
The mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) belongs to the family Tateidae in the order Littorinimorpha.
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