#4730 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Leach's Bithynia
🇳🇱 Kleine diepslak ·Bithynia leachii
📍 Salas, Zemgales priekšpilsēta, Rīga, Latvia
📍 Saint-Louis, France
📍 Псковская обл., Россия, 182113
📍 3230 Græsted, Danmark
📍 Amstelveen, Nederland
📍 27404 Gyhum, Deutschland
📍 Daugavgrīva, Kurzeme District, Riga, Latvia
📍 Westerpark, 4814 Breda, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Michal Maňas · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Maëlan ADAM · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Salas, Zemgales priekšpilsēta, Rīga, Latvia:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 4. Saint-Louis, France:© Maëlan ADAM · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Псковская обл., Россия, 182113:© Ульяна · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 3230 Græsted, Danmark:© Rune Bjerre · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Amstelveen, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 27404 Gyhum, Deutschland:© Rahel Faber · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Daugavgrīva, Kurzeme District, Riga, Latvia:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 10. Westerpark, 4814 Breda, Nederland:© Jurriën de Vries · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Bithynia leachii is species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
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 7 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 122 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Revett Sheppard in 1823 (203 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Leach's Bithynia
- Nederlands
- Kleine diepslak
- scientific name
- Bithynia leachii
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Littorinimorpha
- family
- Bithyniidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 7
- sightings in Europe
- 45
- sightings worldwide
- 122
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,293
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1823 by Revett Sheppard
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Bithyniidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 95785, Wikidata Q3202448, GBIF 5778074, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.