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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
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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.

  1. Denmarkinvasive
  2. Franceinvasive
  3. Hungaryinvasive
  4. Iraqinvasive
  5. Italyinvasive
  6. Japaninvasive
  7. Polandinvasive
  8. Russiainvasive
  9. Swedeninvasive
  10. Switzerlandinvasive
  11. Ukraineinvasive
  12. United Kingdominvasive
  13. Austria
  14. Azerbaijan
  15. Belarus
  16. Belgium
  17. Bulgaria
  18. Croatia
  19. Czechia
  20. Estonia
  21. Finland
  22. Germany
  23. Greece
  24. Ireland
Show 9 more countries
  1. Latvia
  2. Lithuania
  3. Luxembourg
  4. Moldova
  5. Netherlands
  6. Portugal
  7. Romania
  8. Spain
  9. 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 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?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderLittorinimorpha
  5. familyTateidae
  6. genusPotamopyrgus
  7. 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

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mudsnail

Other species in the same genus Potamopyrgus.

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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.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mudsnail

MLA

“Mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mudsnail.

BibTeX
@misc{mudsnail_2026,
  title = {Mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mudsnail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}