Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Great Pond Snail)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLymnaea stagnalis (Great Pond Snail)
GenusLymnaea (pond snails)
SubfamilyLYMNAEINAE (a subfamily of molluscs)
FamilyLYMNAEIDAE (pond snails)
SuperfamilyLYMNAEOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderHYGROPHILA (an order of molluscs)
SubclassHETEROBRANCHIA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lymnaea stagnalis (Great Pond Snail) :
1: Lymnaea stagnalis (Great Pond Snail)
12 Feb 2004 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
introduced into small butyl rubber-lined pond
Image 1: Crawling - enlargedImage 2: Crawling - enlarged (2)Image 3: Crawling on surface film - showing foot - enlargedImage 4: Crawling on surface film - showing foot - enlarged (2)Image 5: Crawling - showing animal - enlargedImage 6: Crawling - showing animal - enlarged (2)Image 7: Crawling - showing animal - enlarged (3)Image 8: Crawling - showing tentacles - enlargedImage 9: Crawling - showing tentacles - enlarged (2)Image 10: Crawling - underside - showing animal - enlargedImage 11: Crawling - underside - showing animal - enlarged (2)Image 12: Crawling - underside - showing animal - enlarged (3)Image 13: Shell - enlargedImage 14: Shell - enlarged (2)Image 15: Shell - showing mouth - enlargedImage 16: Shell - showing mouth - enlarged (2)Image 17: Shell - showing mouth - enlarged (3)
2: Lymnaea stagnalis (Great Pond Snail)
31 Jul 1967 OSGR: TQ30 50° 50’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
in pond
Image 1: Shell - close-upImage 2: Shells - backImage 3: Shells - close-upImage 4: Shells - mouth

Lymnaea stagnalis (Great Pond Snail) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lymnaea stagnalis (Great Pond Snail)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lymnaea stagnalis (Great Pond Snail)
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