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title: "Marsh Ramshorn"
description: "Planorbella trivolvis — Andere dieren. Planorbella trivolvis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/marsh-ramshorn
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Marsh Ramshorn

> Planorbella trivolvis — Andere dieren. Planorbella trivolvis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells.

- Scientific name: *Planorbella trivolvis*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 8482
- Wikidata: [Q2853329](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2853329)
- iNaturalist taxon: [150985](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/150985)

## Names

- en: Marsh Ramshorn
- es: Caracol cuerno de borrego de pantano
- fr: Hélisome commun de l'Est

## Countries with the most observations

US (1564), CA (499), MX (45), PE (7)

## Summary

Planorbella trivolvis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells.

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

## Photo

![Marsh Ramshorn](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/marsh-ramshorn/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dillon Alexander · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126140948

## Machine access

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