#4581 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Common European Ambersnail
🇳🇱 Gewone barnsteenslak ·Succinea putris
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Leidschendam, Nederland
📍 Park de Wezenlanden, Zwolle, Overijssel, NL
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 Oostvaardersplassen, Lelystad, Flevoland, NL
📍 Geulle
📍 2931 Krimpen aan de Lek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Vlad Proklov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Ryszard · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © hedera.baltica · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © snaily_naily · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Park de Wezenlanden, Zwolle, Overijssel, NL:© stellamaris8 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Oostvaardersplassen, Lelystad, Flevoland, NL:© Pijke Torenvlied · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Geulle:© Jack Mommers · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 2931 Krimpen aan de Lek, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Succinea putris is a species of small air-breathing land snail in the family Succineidae, the amber 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 291 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #13 most seen of the snails, slugs & other molluscs in NL.
- 19,035 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common European Ambersnail
- Nederlands
- Gewone barnsteenslak
- scientific name
- Succinea putris
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Stylommatophora
- family
- Succineidae
- sightings in NL
- 291
- sightings in Europe
- 8,368
- sightings worldwide
- 19,035
- GBIF records in NL
- 15,131
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Succineidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 123943, Wikidata Q1500654, GBIF 2297206, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.