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title: "Girdled Snail"
description: "Hygromia cinctella — Other animals. Hygromia cinctella, known commonly as the girdled snail, is a small European species of air-breathing land snail, belonging to the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk subfamily Hygromiinae of the family Hygromiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/girdled-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Girdled Snail

> Hygromia cinctella — Other animals. Hygromia cinctella, known commonly as the girdled snail, is a small European species of air-breathing land snail, belonging to the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk subfamily Hygromiinae  of the family Hygromiidae.

- Scientific name: *Hygromia cinctella*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12365
- Wikidata: [Q2276111](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2276111)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68624](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68624)

## Names

- en: Girdled Snail
- de: Kantige Laubschnecke
- fr: Hélice carénée
- nl: Gekielde loofslak

## Countries with the most observations

DE (2967), GB (2776), FR (1641), AT (637), NL (439), CH (406), IT (379), BE (367), NZ (182), DK (168), LU (147), HU (115)

## Summary

Hygromia cinctella, known commonly as the girdled snail, is a small European species of air-breathing land snail, belonging to the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk subfamily Hygromiinae  of the family Hygromiidae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and was described by the French macacolgist Jacques Draparnaud in 1801.  It is now found in central and northern Europe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygromia_cinctella

## Photo

![Girdled Snail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/girdled-snail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16897321

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/girdled-snail?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).