Planorbis carinatus

Planorbis carinatus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Planorbis
Species:	P. carinatus
Binomial name
	Planorbis carinatus; O. F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms
	List Anisus carinatus (O. F. Müller, 1774); superseded combination; Helix planata Maton & Rackett, 1807; junior subjective synonym; Planorbis (Anisus) tenellus S. Studer, 1820; junior synonym; Planorbis (Anisus) umbilicatus S. Studer, 1820; junior synonym; Planorbis (Planorbis) carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774; alternative representation; Planorbis (Planorbis) dubius W. Hartmann, 1821; junior subjective synonym; Planorbis marginatus var. dubius W. Hartmann, 1821; junior subjective synonym; Planorbis tenerrimus M. Bielz, 1851; unaccepted;

Planorbis carinatus is species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.

Description

The width of shell of this species is 9–15 mm. The shell has a noticeable keel at the center of the periphery of the body whorl.

Distribution

Planorbis carinatus is found across Europe from Spain to Scandinavia. The Distribution type is European Wide-temperate range.

This species has been evaluated for the IUCN red list as 'Least Concern'.^[1]
Czech Republic^[3]
Slovakia^[3]
Germany
Netherlands^[4]
Poland

Ecology

The habitat of this species is larger water bodies such as the open water of canals, rivers and lakes. It is essentially a hard water species and it is only locally found in very soft or acid waters.

References

1 2 Van Damme, D.; Kebapçı, U. (2011). "Planorbis carinatus (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011 e.T156070A4883728. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
↑ Neubauer, Thomas A. (2015). "Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
1 2 Horsák M.; Juřičková L.; Beran L.; Čejka T.; Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky" [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics] (PDF). Malacologica Bohemoslovaca (in Czech). 2010 (Suppl. 1): 1–37. ISSN 1336-6939.
↑ "Planorbis carinatus". ANEMOON (in Dutch).

External links

"Planorbis carinatus". Animalbase.

[iucn-1] 1 2 Van Damme, D.; Kebapçı, U. (2011). "Planorbis carinatus (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011 e.T156070A4883728. Retrieved 25 March 2026.

[worms-2] Neubauer, Thomas A. (2015). "Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 August 2025.

[Horsák_2010-3] 1 2 Horsák M.; Juřičková L.; Beran L.; Čejka T.; Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky" [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics] (PDF). Malacologica Bohemoslovaca (in Czech). 2010 (Suppl. 1): 1–37. ISSN 1336-6939.

[4] "Planorbis carinatus". ANEMOON (in Dutch).

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