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Widespread and fairly frequent throughout the UK. Locally it can be very common. Habitat includes: Wet places such as ponds, wetlands, marshes, ditches, wet hollows, dried up puddles etc. Length: 7 - 12 mm. Other names include: Lymnaea truncatula (old name). Seen: All year round. Life story: An amphibious species which can be seen far away from water bodies as long as it stays damp. It is the main vector of the liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica).

    Ampullaceana balthica x
Radix auricularia x
Radix labiata x
Radix rubiginosa x
Lymnaea stagnalis x
    Stagnicola catascopium x
Stagnicola corvus x
Stagnicola palustris x
Galba truncatula -
Ladislavella catascopium x
Stagnicola fuscus x
Myxas glutinosa x
Omphiscola glabra x