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Trumpet shell

Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The trumpet shell (Planorbarius corneus) is a species in the family Planorbidae.

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Quick facts about the trumpet shell

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 trumpet shell live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the trumpet shell as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Albania
  2. Nepal
  3. New Zealand
  4. Switzerland

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 trumpet shell 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 trumpet shell classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPlanorbidae
  5. genusPlanorbarius
  6. SpeciesPlanorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Coretus corneus, Coretus corneus corneus, Coretus corneus etruscus, Helix cornea, Planorbarius corneus corneus, Planorbarius corneus etruscus, Planorbarius penchinati, Planorbarius purpurea, Planorbis banaticus, Planorbis clathratus, Planorbis corneus, Planorbis corneus var. praetextus, Planorbis etruscus, Planorbis megistus, Planorbis penchinati, Planorbis purpura, Planorbis similis

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • Great ram's horn snailEnglish
  • Great ram's-hornEnglish
  • Great ramshornEnglish
  • Great ramshorn snailEnglish
  • Horn-colored ram's hornEnglish
  • Ramshorn snailEnglish
  • okružák ploskýCzech
  • PosthornsneglDanish
  • PosthornschneckeGerman
  • Gran cuerno de borregoSpanish
  • sarvtiguEstonian
  • isokiekkokotiloFinnish
  • Planorbe rougeFrench
  • nagy tányércsigaHungarian
  • Chiocciola Corna d'ArieteItalian
  • Didžioji RatvijaLithuanian
  • Lielā ūdensspolīteLatvian
  • storskivesneglNorwegian Bokmål
  • PosthoornslakDutch
  • storskivesnigelNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Zatoczek rogowyPolish
  • Planórbia-MaiorPortuguese
  • Роговая катушкаRussian
  • kotúľka veľkáSlovak
  • Тањирасти пужSerbian
  • posthornssnäckaSwedish
  • Котушка роговаUkrainian
  • PostornschneckeGerman
  • Grande planorbeFrench
  • Planorbe cornéeFrench
  • Planorbe des étangsFrench
  • PosthorenslakDutch
  • катушка роговаяRussian
  • Tanjirasti pužSerbian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the trumpet shell

Other species in the same genus Planorbarius.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the trumpet shell an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the trumpet shell as introduced in 4 countries: Albania, Nepal, New Zealand and Switzerland, 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). Trumpet shell (Planorbarius corneus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/trumpet-shell

MLA

“Trumpet shell (Planorbarius corneus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/trumpet-shell.

BibTeX
@misc{trumpet_shell_2026,
  title = {Trumpet shell (Planorbarius corneus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/trumpet-shell},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}