#4797 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Solatopupa similis

Solatopupa similis

LCleast concern 🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Simon · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Louis Aureglia · CC BY 4.0
3. © anasacuta · CC BY 4.0
4. © Sébastien SANT · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © H. Zell · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. 06500 Castellar, France:© Nataël Adam · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Av. Vincent Van Gogh, 13210 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France:© Nicolas Pratlong · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 06540 Saorge, France:© Eliot Stein-Deffarges J. · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Casteljau, 07460 Berrias-et-Casteljau, France:© Maëlan ADAM · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux:© ouillas · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Solatopupa similis is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Chondrinidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,699iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,699 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

scientific name: Solatopupa similis
class: Gastropoda
order: Stylommatophora
family: Chondrinidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 0
sightings in Europe: 1,669
sightings worldwide: 1,699
GBIF records in NL: 0
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —

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

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 112736, Wikidata Q14734091, GBIF 4566708, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.