Wandering snail

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Main food

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Young per litter or clutch

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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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumMollusca
3. classGastropoda
4. genusAmpullaceana
5. SpeciesAmpullaceana balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Gulnaria lacustris, Gulnaria ovata, Gulnaria ovata var. colletti, Helix balthica, Helix limosa, Helix lutea, Limnaea allainiana, Limnaea ampla, Limnaea ampla var. heldii, Limnaea besnardiana, Limnaea boissii, Limnaea conglobata, Limnaea conglobata var. brevispira, Limnaea cyrniaca, Limnaea fluminensis, Limnaea foreli, Limnaea foreli var. acutispira, Limnaea foreli var. obtusiformis, Limnaea geysericola, Limnaea glacialis, Limnaea lacustrina, Limnaea lacustrina var. nigra, Limnaea laeta, Limnaea limosa, Limnaea limosa var. patula, Limnaea limosa var. vulgaris, Limnaea ovata, Limnaea ovata var. amnicola, Limnaea ovata var. atlasica, Limnaea ovata var. bulla, Limnaea ovata var. dickinii, Limnaea ovata var. eversa, Limnaea ovata var. hazayana, Limnaea ovata var. inflata, Limnaea ovata var. janoviensis, Limnaea ovata var. koehleri, Limnaea ovata var. lacustrina, Limnaea ovata var. lindstroemi, Limnaea ovata var. petricola, Limnaea ovata var. praevalens, Limnaea ovata var. raboti, Limnaea ovata var. sericina, Limnaea ovata var. subinflata, Limnaea ovata var. subrotunda, Limnaea ovata var. surcula, Limnaea pereger sikesi, Limnaea peregra sikesi, Limnaea peregra var. albomarginata, Limnaea peregra var. cinerea, Limnaea peregra var. meta, Limnaea platystoma, Limnaea steenstrupii, Limnaea succinea, Limnaea virginea, Limnaea vulgaris, Limnaea vulgaris var. fusca, Limnaea vulgaris var. minor, Limnaea vulgaris var. nigra, Limnaeus ampullaceus, Limnaeus atticus, Limnaeus geisericola, Limnaeus membranaceus, Limnaeus ovatus, Limnaeus pereger var. draparnaudi, Limnaeus vulgaris, Limnea balthica, Limnea guebhardi, Limnea peregra var. peytieri, Limnea platystoma, Limnea reynesi, Limnea thermalis, Limneus acronicus, Limneus ovatus, Limnoea nouletiana, Limnoea nouletiana var. aperta, Limnoea ovata, Limnoea ovata var. crassa, Limnoea ovata var. pellucida, Lymnaea balthica, Lymnaea balthica attica, Lymnaea limosa, Lymnaea ovata, Lymnaea peregra roszkowskiana, Lymnaea succinea, Lymnaeus ovatus, Lymnea auricula, Radix balthica, Radix jordii, Radix laiae, Radix lilli, Radix limosa, Radix limosa ovata, Radix linae, Radix neglecta, Radix ovata, Radix ovata balthica, Radix peregra ovata, Turbo patulus

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{wandering_snail_2026,
  title = {Wandering snail (Ampullaceana balthica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wandering-snail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}