Lymnaea stagnalis

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	GASTROPODA	HYGROPHILA	LYMNAEIDAE

Scientific Name:

Lymnaea stagnalis

Species Authority:

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Great Pond Snail

Synonym/s:

Helix stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758

Limnaea stagnalis (Subba Rao, 1989)

Taxonomic Notes:

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Budha, P.B., Dutta, J. & Daniel, B.A.
Reviewer/s:	Madhyastha, A., Dey, A., García, N. & Molur, S.
Contributor/s:
Justification: Lymnaea stagnalis has a very wide global distribution with no threats and is assessed as Least Concern.

Range Description:	A widespread species distributed in Asia (central, north and south and southeast), north America, north Africa and New Zealand. This species also has a widespread European distribution, occurring in all European Mediterranean countries (Yueying Liu et al. 1979)
Countries:	Native: Afghanistan; Australia; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; India (Jammu-Kashmir); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Romania; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom; United States (Alabama, Alaska, Aleutian Is., Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaiian Is., Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon); Venezuela
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Population:	No information on population status or trends has been recorded. Although there are localised declines, the species population is believed to be stable.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits slow or still waters, such as the edge of pools, streams, reservoirs, amongst others. They like muddy sand or crushed stone bottom, and feed on diatoms, aquatic plants and the remaining tissue of other gastropods. The species can be transported by birds, in part accounting for its very wide distribution.
Systems:	Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	It is a widespread species with no major species-specific threats.

Major Threat(s):

It is a widespread species with no major species-specific threats.

Conservation Actions:	No conservation actions are required for this species at present.

Conservation Actions:

No conservation actions are required for this species at present.

Citation:	Budha, P.B., Dutta, J. & Daniel, B.A. 2010. Lymnaea stagnalis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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