#4733 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Common River-snail

🇳🇱 Stompe moerasslak ·Viviparus viviparus

LCleast concern 🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © H. Zell · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Francisco Welter Schultes · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © sruccius · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Valentin Kosterin · CC BY 4.0
5. © Maëlan ADAM · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Yuliia Spinóva · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Yury Kvach · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Viviparus viviparus is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

base stats

NL sightings 6iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,966iNaturalist 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

Spotted 6 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
2,966 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Common River-snail
Nederlands: Stompe moerasslak
scientific name: Viviparus viviparus
class: Gastropoda
order: Architaenioglossa
family: Viviparidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 6
sightings in Europe: 1,838
sightings worldwide: 2,966
GBIF records in NL: 1,691
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1758

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

relatives· Viviparidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 151310, Wikidata Q1758969, GBIF 5725685, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.