Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Ram's Horn Snail
Planorbarius corneus
Photo: Claus Ableiter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature5–26 °C
- pH7–8
- Adult size3.5 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Planorbidae
- Origin
- Europe
- Size
- 2.5 – 3.5 cm
- Temperature
- 5 – 26°C
- pH
- 7.0 – 8.0
- GH / KH / TDS
- GH 6-18 / KH 3-12
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- freshwater
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Diet
- Omnivorous (algae, detritus)
- Reproduction
- hermaphroditic; gelatinous eggs
Notes: The large European Planorbis snail, with a flat spiral shell. Very useful in cold-water ponds and aquariums.
