#4665 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
European Stream Valvata
🇳🇱 Vijverpluimdrager ·Valvata piscinalis
📍 5307 Poederoijen, Nederland
📍 1911 Uitgeest, Nederland
📍 1911 Uitgeest, Nederland
📍 1911 Uitgeest, Nederland
📍 Andijk, Nederland
📍 Andijk, Nederland
📍 Schellinkhout, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © George Manavopoulos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Michal Maňas · CC BY 4.0
- 4. 5307 Poederoijen, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. 1911 Uitgeest, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
- 6. 1911 Uitgeest, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 1911 Uitgeest, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Andijk, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Andijk, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Schellinkhout, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Valvata piscinalis , common name the European stream valvata or European Valve Snail , is a species of minute freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails. It is also known as Cincinna piscinalis (Müller, 1774).
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 25 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 380 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1774 (252 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Stream Valvata
- Nederlands
- Vijverpluimdrager
- scientific name
- Valvata piscinalis
- class
- Gastropoda
- family
- Valvatidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 25
- sightings in Europe
- 245
- sightings worldwide
- 380
- GBIF records in NL
- 18,810
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1774 by Otto Friedrich Müller
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 151289, Wikidata Q1768673, GBIF 2298076, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.