North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 89710)

AphiaID

181582 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181582)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Helix stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Helix stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Helix stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 774 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Type locality contained in Europe

type locality contained in Europe [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181582 on 2026-03-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=181582 on 2026-03-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-09-26 12:09:47Z

created

Claus, Simon

2013-01-21 22:37:57Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-11-07 12:52:42Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2018-09-25 13:56:19Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Helix stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 774 [details] Available for editors

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Glöer, P. & Pešic, V. (2012). The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. ZooKeys. 219: 11-61. Sofia [4 September]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.219.3406 [details]

additional source Baker, F. C. (1911). The Lymnaeidae of North and Middle America, recent and fossil. The Chicago Academy of Sciences, special publication. 3: 1-539., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18164581
page(s): 136, pl. XIX, figs. 1-3 [details]

additional source Cunningham, R. O. (1863). On the occurrence of Lymnaea stagnalis in Scotland. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3. 11(66): 462-463., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15633925 [details]

additional source Baker, F. C. (1942). Lymnaea stagnalis and Lymnaea (Radix) auricularia. The Nautilus. 55(3): 105-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520014 [details]

additional source Noland, L. E. & Reichel, E. (1943). Life cycle of Lymnaea stagnalis completed at room temperature without access to air. The Nautilus. 57(1): 8-13, text-fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515460 [details]

additional source Abdel-Ghani, A. F. (1953). Lymnaea stagnalis in Egypt. The Nautilus. 67(2): 44-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8514672 [details]

additional source Pip, E. (1975). Scalariformy in the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. The Nautilus. 89(2): 36-37, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16319365 [details]

additional source Pip, E. (1977). Frequent scalariformy in a population of the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. The Nautilus. 91(2): 52-54, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273566 [details]

additional source Pip, E. (1983). Variability in North American Lymnaea stagnalis L. (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae). The Nautilus. 97(2): 77-79, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274779 [details]

identification resource Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.
page(s): 108. [details]