Family Lymnaeidae
Lymnaeidae is a family in the order . Browse 5 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.
Species in Lymnaeidae (5)
Wandering Pond Snail
Ampullaceana balthica
The wandering snail has a tall-spired, brownish shell with a very large opening, but the colour is often obscured by a covering of greyish or brownish encrustation. The body of the snail is translucent grey-brown. The Ear Pond Snail also has a large
Dwarf Pond Snail
Galba truncatula
A small to medium sized (7 to 12 mm) freshwater snail with a slightly turreted, conical shell which has swollen whorls and deep sutures. Surface matt to slightly shiny, with slightly coarse growth lines crossed by a final spiral striation. Thin-shell
Great Pond Snail
Lymnaea stagnalis
Shell height: 4.5 to 6 cm. Shell width: 2 to 3 cm. The aptly named Great Pond Snail is the largest pond snail in Britain. It has a shiny yellowish brown shell, with a tall, slender and pointed spire. The great pond snail is found in still or slow-mov
Ear Pond Snail
Radix auricularia
The yellowy beige shell is thin, roundly ovate and very inflated such that the last whorl comprises 90% of its volume. The shell has a rounded and broad spire that pinches in steeply at the apex. The spire is very short compared with the body whorl.
Marsh Snail agg.
Stagnicola palustris/fuscus/corvus agg.
Length 20 to 25 mm. Three species Stagnicola palustris , S. fuscus and S. corvus have now been recognised that can only be separated by dissection so they are usually treated as an aggregate. They have a thicker shell than other species in the genus,