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Ridged ramshorn

Drepanotrema cimex (Moricand, 1838)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The ridged ramshorn (Drepanotrema cimex) is a species in the family Planorbidae.

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Quick facts about the ridged ramshorn

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 ridged ramshorn live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the ridged ramshorn as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Boliviainvasive

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 ridged ramshorn 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 ridged ramshorn classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPlanorbidae
  5. genusDrepanotrema
  6. SpeciesDrepanotrema cimex (Moricand, 1838)

Synonyms Drepanotrema chittyi, Drepanotrema cimex, Planorbis angulatus, Planorbis bavayi, Planorbis cimex, Planorbis macnabianus, Planorbis poeyanus

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Ridged rams-hornEnglish
  • Planorbe punaiseFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ridged ramshorn

Other species in the same genus Drepanotrema.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the ridged ramshorn an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the ridged ramshorn as invasive in 1 country: Bolivia. It lists it as introduced in 1 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). Ridged ramshorn (Drepanotrema cimex). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ridged-ramshorn

MLA

“Ridged ramshorn (Drepanotrema cimex).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ridged-ramshorn.

BibTeX
@misc{ridged_ramshorn_2026,
  title = {Ridged ramshorn (Drepanotrema cimex)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ridged-ramshorn},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}