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title: "Geruite rondmondhoren"
description: "Pomatias elegans — Andere dieren. Pomatias elegans, commonly known as the round-mouthed snail, is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae within the superfamily Littorinoidea, the winkles and their allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/round-mouthed-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Geruite rondmondhoren

> Pomatias elegans — Andere dieren. Pomatias elegans, commonly known as the round-mouthed snail, is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae within the superfamily Littorinoidea, the winkles and their allies.

- Scientific name: *Pomatias elegans*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7729
- Wikidata: [Q1547232](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1547232)
- iNaturalist taxon: [336731](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/336731)

## Names

- en: Round-mouthed Snail
- de: Schöne Landdeckelschnecke
- fr: Élégante striée
- nl: Geruite rondmondhoren

## Countries with the most observations

FR (3535), IT (1704), ES (802), GB (393), HR (249), GR (158), DE (103), AL (90), PT (42), SI (39), BG (30), BA (25)

## Summary

Pomatias elegans, commonly known as the round-mouthed snail, is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae within the superfamily Littorinoidea, the winkles and their allies.
This species is sometimes called a "land winkle".

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

## Photo

![Geruite rondmondhoren](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/round-mouthed-snail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Crispin Holloway · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43143623

## Machine access

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