---
title: "Hairy Snail"
description: "Trochulus hispidus — Andere dieren. Trochulus hispidus, previously known as Trichia hispida, common name, the \"hairy snail\", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/hairy-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hairy Snail

> Trochulus hispidus — Andere dieren. Trochulus hispidus, previously known as Trichia hispida, common name, the "hairy snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

- Scientific name: *Trochulus hispidus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 10359
- Wikidata: [Q1500646](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1500646)
- iNaturalist taxon: [114529](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114529)

## Names

- en: Hairy Snail
- de: Gemeine Haarschnecke
- fr: Veloutée commune

## Countries with the most observations

FR (888), DE (678), PL (627), RU (553), CA (339), GB (220), NL (200), UA (142), DK (128), LT (127), SE (86), FI (84)

## Summary

Trochulus hispidus, previously known as Trichia hispida, common name, the "hairy snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: ikernf · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4835543

## Machine access

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