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Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
182693 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182693)
accepted
Species
Helix limbata Da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum
Helix planorbis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helix rhombea Turton, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Planorbis (Anisus) umbilicatus (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Planorbis (Planorbis) planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
Planorbis (Planorbis) rhombeus (Turton, 1819) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Planorbis (Planorbis) umbilicatus O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Planorbis (Tropidiscus) planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Planorbis (Tropidiscus) umbilicatus (O. F. Müller, 1773) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Planorbis (Tropodiscus) umbilicatus O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Planorbis marginatus Draparnaud, 1805 · unaccepted
Planorbis marginatus var. fontinalis Hazay, 1880 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Planorbis morletianus Crosse, 1888 · unaccepted (uncertain synonym)
Planorbis umbilicatus O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tropidiscus planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Planorbis planorbis antilibanensis Blanckenhorn, 1897 †
- Subspecies Planorbis planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Planorbis planorbis tangitarensis Germain, 1918 accepted as Planorbis tangitarensis Germain, 1918
- Variety Planorbis planorbis var. tangitarensis Germain, 1918 accepted as Planorbis tangitarensis Germain, 1918
recent + fossil
(of Helix planorbis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Note Europe, in stagnant waterbodies (“Habitat in...
Type locality Europe, in stagnant waterbodies (“Habitat in Europeae stagnis”; Linnaeus, 1758: 769) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182693 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Planorbis umbilicatus O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 160 [details]
original description (of Planorbis marginatus Draparnaud, 1805) Draparnaud, J.-P.-R. (1805). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. 2 pp. (Avertissement a sa Majesté l'Impératrice), 2 pp. Rapport, i-viii (Préface), 1-164, pl. 1-13, 1 p. Errata. [< 22 September]. Paris (Levrault & Schoell)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52682088
page(s): 45-46, pl. II, fig. 11, 12, 15 [details]
original description (of Helix planorbis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 769 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Planorbis morletianus Crosse, 1888) Crosse, H. (1888). Diagnoses molluscorum Novae Caledoniae incolarum. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 35(4): 303-305., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15921550
page(s): 304 [details]
original description (of Planorbis marginatus var. fontinalis Hazay, 1880) Hazay, J. (1880). Die Molluskenfauna von Budapest. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge.</em> 3: 1-69, 160-183, pl. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35483629
page(s): 169 [details]
original description (of Helix limbata Da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 63, Tab. IV. fig. 10. et Tab. VIII fig. 8. [details]
original description (of Helix rhombea Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): 47 [details]
additional source Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 17: 333-461. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Biggs, H. E. J. (1971). Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau–III. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 27 (4): 211-220. London [29 April].
page(s): 214 [details]
additional source Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.
page(s): 60. [details]
page(s): 160 [details]
original description (of Planorbis marginatus Draparnaud, 1805) Draparnaud, J.-P.-R. (1805). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. 2 pp. (Avertissement a sa Majesté l'Impératrice), 2 pp. Rapport, i-viii (Préface), 1-164, pl. 1-13, 1 p. Errata. [< 22 September]. Paris (Levrault & Schoell)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52682088
page(s): 45-46, pl. II, fig. 11, 12, 15 [details]
original description (of Helix planorbis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 769 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Planorbis morletianus Crosse, 1888) Crosse, H. (1888). Diagnoses molluscorum Novae Caledoniae incolarum. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 35(4): 303-305., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15921550
page(s): 304 [details]
original description (of Planorbis marginatus var. fontinalis Hazay, 1880) Hazay, J. (1880). Die Molluskenfauna von Budapest. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge.</em> 3: 1-69, 160-183, pl. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35483629
page(s): 169 [details]
original description (of Helix limbata Da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 63, Tab. IV. fig. 10. et Tab. VIII fig. 8. [details]
original description (of Helix rhombea Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): 47 [details]
additional source Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 17: 333-461. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Biggs, H. E. J. (1971). Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau–III. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 27 (4): 211-220. London [29 April].
page(s): 214 [details]
additional source Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.
page(s): 60. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Europe, in stagnant waterbodies (“Habitat in Europeae stagnis”; Linnaeus, 1758: 769) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | kërmilli kulaç | [details] |
| Dutch | gewone schijfhoren | [details] |
| English | margined ramshorn | [details] |
| Swedish | allmän skivsnäcka | [details] |
To Conchology (Planorbis planorbis)
To Conchology (Planorbis planorbis)
To Conchology (Planorbis planorbis)
To Malacopics (Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Den Haag, Marlot, collected 1962-05-26, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker .)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Poplavskaya letter)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1454445)
To Conchology (Planorbis planorbis)
To Conchology (Planorbis planorbis)
To Malacopics (Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Den Haag, Marlot, collected 1962-05-26, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker .)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Poplavskaya letter)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1454445)
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