#4669 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Wandering Snail
🇳🇱 Ovale poelslak ·Ampullaceana balthica
📍 6665 LP Driel, Países Baixos
📍 4307 Oosterland, Netherlands
📍 Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 Bergambacht, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Degtyarev Nikolai Ivanovich · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Ben Rowson · CC BY 4.0
- 3. 6665 LP Driel, Países Baixos:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 4307 Oosterland, Netherlands:© Jan Meerman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Bergambacht, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Ampullaceana balthica is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Lymnaeidae.
base stats
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 23 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,163 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Wandering Snail
- Nederlands
- Ovale poelslak
- scientific name
- Ampullaceana balthica
- class
- Gastropoda
- family
- Lymnaeidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 23
- sightings in Europe
- 560
- sightings worldwide
- 2,163
- GBIF records in NL
- 10,302
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Lymnaeidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1074838, Wikidata Q98795571, GBIF 9991201, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.