#4664 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Black Gloss Snail

🇳🇱 Donkere glansslak ·Zonitoides nitidus

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Josh Boe · CC BY 4.0
2. © amr_mn · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Amsterdam, NL-NH, NL:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
5. Breda West, Breda, Nederland:© Jurriën de Vries · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Amsterdam, Oude Haagseweg:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. IJmuiden, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
8. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© Mathijs Zonneveld · CC BY 4.0
9. Oost, Utrecht, Nederland:© Jurriën de Vries · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Vlaardingen, Netherlands:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Zonitoides nitidus (sometimes Zonitoides nitida ) is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.

base stats

NL sightings 25iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,558iNaturalist observations

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).