#4712 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Lake Limpet

🇳🇱 Ovale kapslak ·Acroloxus lacustris

LCleast concern 🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Alexander Mrkvicka · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © tasty_y · CC0
3. © Dmitry Kuzmenckin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Владимир Семашко · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Degtyarev Nikolai Ivanovich · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Sean Hartnett · CC BY 4.0
7. © nikahause · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Marco Vicariotto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Acroloxus lacustris , or the lake limpet , is a small freshwater limpet or snail, a species of aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Acroloxidae.

base stats

NL sightings 11iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 149iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 11 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
149 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Lake Limpet
Nederlands: Ovale kapslak
scientific name: Acroloxus lacustris
class: Gastropoda
family: Acroloxidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 11
sightings in Europe: 100
sightings worldwide: 149
GBIF records in NL: 5,476
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 336772, Wikidata Q689003, GBIF 4359157, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.