Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Architaenioglossa > Superfamily Viviparoidea > Family Viviparidae > Subfamily Viviparinae > Genus Viviparus

Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Helix Mitch.

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Viviparus*	Montfort, 1810	accepted genus name
*Paludina*	A. Férussac, 1812	synonym

Species group names

*Helix viviparus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Missing albisiana*	Servain, 1884	subjective synonym
*Missing bourguignati*	Servain, 1880	subjective synonym
*Missing crassa*	Hilbert, 1905	subjective synonym
*Missing diluvianiformis*	Hilbert, 1905	subjective synonym
*Missing paeteliana*	Servain, 1884	subjective synonym
*Missing penthicus*	Servain, 1884	subjective synonym
*Missing porphyrea*	Westerlund, 1886	subjective synonym
*Vivipara batava*	C. Boettger, 1912	subjective synonym
*Vivipara fennica*	Kobelt, 1909	subjective synonym
*Vivipara forbesi*	Bourguignat, 1880	subjective synonym
*Vivipara imperialis*	Bourguignat, 1884	subjective synonym
*Vivipara nevilli*	Bourguignat, 1880	subjective synonym
*Vivipara rhenana*	C. Boettger, 1912	subjective synonym
*Vivipara vistulae*	Kobelt, 1907	subjective synonym
*Vivipara visurgensis*	Kobelt, 1907	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kërmilli këlyshlindës i lumit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: stor sumpsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: stompe moerasslak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: common river snail; river snail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Stumpfe Sumpfdeckelschnecke; Sumpfdeckelschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Ziegelmeier, E. (1966). Die Schnecken (Gastropoda Prosobranchia) der deutsche Meeresgebiete und brackigen Küstengewässer [The Gastropoda Prosobranchia from the German seas and brackish coastal waters]. Helgol. Wiss. Meeresunters. 13: 1-66 [Subsequent publication]
ecology source	Höckelmann, C.; Pusch, M. (2000). The respiration and filter-feeding rates of the snail Viviparus viviparus (Gastropoda) under simulated stream conditions. Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 149(4): 553-568.
identification resource	Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154008

Ruud A. Bank. Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ec46f4c0-d115-432f-b079-0bd7786f0740