White Ramshorn - Gyraulus albus
4-7mm diameter. This small ramshorn snail has a strong, white, chalky shell with spiral, as well as radial, striations.The round mouth bends away from the main whorls at an obtuse angle.
- 4-7mm
- white, strong shell
- spiral striations
- mouth at an obtuse angle to main shell
Found in both rivers and larger reservoirs, sometimes in smaller waterways.
All year.
Relatively common and widespread
Uncommon or under-recorded.
David Nicholls
Watermead South
29 January 2024
David Nicholls
Thornton, Busky Wood
01 September 2019
David Nicholls
Watermead South
29 January 2024
David Nicholls
Watermead South
14 March 2026
David Nicholls
Watermead South
09 January 2025
David Nicholls
Thornton reservoir
01 February 2021
David Nicholls
Cossington NR
16 February 2024
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Species profile
- Common names
- White Ramshorn
- Species group:
- mollusc
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hygrophila
- Family:
- Planorbidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 20
- First record:
- 15/08/1981 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 14/03/2026 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Thornton, Busky Wood
01 September 2019
David Nicholls
Saddington Brook
05 February 2024
David Nicholls
Thornton reservoir
01 February 2021
