Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Pond Snail
Lymnaea stagnalis
Photo: Leonhard Lenz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature5–25 °C
- pH7–8.5
- Adult size6 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Lymnaeidae
- Origin
- Northern Hemisphere
- Size
- 4 – 6 cm
- Temperature
- 5 – 25°C
- pH
- 7.0 – 8.5
- GH / KH / TDS
- GH 8-20 / KH 4-15
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- freshwater
- Behavior
- Peaceful (eats soft plants)
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- hermaphroditic; gelatinous eggs
Notes: A large snail with a pointed shell found in European ponds. Useful in ponds, but it devours tender aquarium plants.
