#4681 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Laver Spire-shell
🇳🇱 Wadslakje ·Peringia ulvae
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 La Teste-de-Buch, France
📍 губа Ковда, о. Овечий, Мурманская обл., Россия
📍 Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, FR
📍 Manche, Basse-Normandie, FR
📍 Södertälje SO, Sverige
📍 Hel, Polska
📍 Αμμουδιά, Ελλάδα
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © licensed media from BioImages DwCA without owner · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Maëlan ADAM · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © H. Zell · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. La Teste-de-Buch, France:© Julien Bottinelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. губа Ковда, о. Овечий, Мурманская обл., Россия:© Ирина Кобузева · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, FR:© Maëlan ADAM · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Manche, Basse-Normandie, FR:© Guillaume Lemonnier · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Södertälje SO, Sverige:© Eva Hedström · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Hel, Polska:© fugi2 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Αμμουδιά, Ελλάδα:© George Manavopoulos · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Peringia ulvae , also known as Peringia ulvae , common name the Laver spire shell or mudsnail, is a European species of very small aquatic snail with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
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 19 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 608 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Thomas Pennant in 1777 (249 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Laver Spire-shell
- Nederlands
- Wadslakje
- scientific name
- Peringia ulvae
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Littorinimorpha
- family
- Hydrobiidae
- sightings in NL
- 19
- sightings in Europe
- 385
- sightings worldwide
- 608
- GBIF records in NL
- 17,162
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1777 by Thomas Pennant
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 338183, Wikidata Q18462602, GBIF 4361879, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.