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Singing snail

Cantareus apertus (Born, 1778)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The singing snail (Cantareus apertus) is a species in the family Helicidae.

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Quick facts about the singing snail

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 singing snail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the singing snail as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Mexico
  3. 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 singing snail 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 singing snail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyHelicidae
  5. genusCantareus
  6. SpeciesCantareus apertus (Born, 1778)

Synonyms Cornu apertus, Helix aperta, Helix apertus, Helix kalaritana, Helix naticoides, Vitrina comorensis

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Green escargotEnglish
  • Green garden snailEnglish
  • Green gardensnailEnglish
  • hlemýžď zemníCzech
  • GrunzschneckeGerman
  • Hélice éduleFrench
  • SmokvenjakCroatian
  • Chiocciola verde dei giardiniItalian
  • ミドリエスカルゴJapanese
  • Хеликс открытыйRussian
  • grön vinbergssnäckaSwedish
  • Singende WeinbergschneckeGerman
  • Zischende WeinbergschneckeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the singing snail

Other species in the same genus Cantareus.

CompareSinging snail vs Cantareus koraegaeliusSinging snail vs Cantareus subapertus

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the singing snail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the singing snail as introduced in 3 countries: Austria, Mexico and United States, 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). Singing snail (Cantareus apertus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/singing-snail

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BibTeX
@misc{singing_snail_2026,
  title = {Singing snail (Cantareus apertus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/singing-snail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}