#4717 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
American Ribbed Fluke Snail
Pseudosuccinea columella
📍 Washington University Tyson Research Center, Eureka, MO, US
📍 Rio tanti, Córdoba, Argentina
📍 Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance, CA 90503, USA
📍 United States
📍 Viale Bellezza, Fairhope, AL, US
📍 Kew Gardens, London, England, GB
📍 New South Wales, AU
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Karin Mahlfeld, David Roscoe, Frank Climo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © H. Zell · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Jane Trembath · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Washington University Tyson Research Center, Eureka, MO, US:© musicmonster385 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Rio tanti, Córdoba, Argentina:© Tomás Carranza Perales · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance, CA 90503, USA:© Jess Morton · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. United States:© Jordan S · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Viale Bellezza, Fairhope, AL, US:© greensophie · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Kew Gardens, London, England, GB:© Joss Carr · CC BY 4.0
- 10. New South Wales, AU:© jen_w1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Pseudosuccinea columella , common name the "American ribbed fluke snail", is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
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 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 998 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1817 (209 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- American Ribbed Fluke Snail
- scientific name
- Pseudosuccinea columella
- class
- Gastropoda
- family
- Lymnaeidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 9
- sightings in Europe
- 24
- sightings worldwide
- 998
- GBIF records in NL
- 36
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1817 by Thomas Say
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Lymnaeidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 129202, Wikidata Q959129, GBIF 2291334, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.