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Oblong ancylid

Ferrissia rivularis (Say, 1817)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The oblong ancylid (Ferrissia rivularis) is a species in the family Planorbidae.

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Quick facts about the oblong 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 oblong ancylid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the oblong ancylid 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 oblong 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 oblong ancylid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPlanorbidae
  5. genusFerrissia
  6. SpeciesFerrissia rivularis (Say, 1817)

Synonyms Ancylus borealis, Ancylus calcarius, Ancylus caurinus subalpinus, Ancylus depressus, Ancylus haldemani, Ancylus haldemanii, Ancylus oregonensis, Ancylus ovalis, Ancylus parallelus, Ancylus rivularis, Ancylus tardus, Ferrissia arkansasensis, Ferrissia bayacalifornia, Ferrissia bayacalifornica, Ferrissia browni, Ferrissia hendersoni, Ferrissia mcneilli, Ferrissia michiganensis, Ferrissia occidentalis, Ferrissia oregonensis, Ferrissia parallelus

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Creeping ancylidEnglish
  • Patelline d'AmériqueFrench
  • patelle lacustre à côtés platsFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the oblong ancylid

Other species in the same genus Ferrissia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the oblong ancylid an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the oblong ancylid as introduced in 1 country: Germany, 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). Oblong ancylid (Ferrissia rivularis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oblong-ancylid

MLA

“Oblong ancylid (Ferrissia rivularis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oblong-ancylid.

BibTeX
@misc{oblong_ancylid_2026,
  title = {Oblong ancylid (Ferrissia rivularis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oblong-ancylid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}