Pond Snails

Family:  Lymnaeidae

Recognizable to all because of their distinctive shells, pond snails are slow-moving ambassadors to the world of wetlands.

Habitat 

Look for pond snails in still and slow-moving waters, like wetlands and small lakes.

Food 

Pond snails are herbivories, eating aquatic plants and algae.

Behaviour  

Pond snails start as tiny eggs, hatch into juveniles, and gradually grow into adults. They have shells that stay and grow with them. These shells are spiral-shaped and can be coiled or pointy, with different shell sizes and shapes for different species. Shells provide protection from predators and help with buoyancy control. Snails eat as they glide by scrapping, as their mouths are on their “foot”.

Conservation  

Pond snails are of overall low conservation concern.

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