Great Pond Snail
Lymnaea stagnalis
Mollusca
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 1-2 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- Europe and northern Asia
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Uncommon
About
A large freshwater snail common in ponds, lakes, and slow rivers across the Northern Hemisphere, gliding along plants and the water's surface film to graze on algae. It breathes air through a lung-like mantle cavity, so it must periodically surface to refill it before diving back down.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult shell size or body length.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Lymnaeidae
- Genus
- Lymnaea
- Species
- Lymnaea stagnalis