Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass "Lower Heterobranchia" > Superfamily Valvatoidea > Family Valvatidae > Genus Valvata

Valvata macrostoma Mörch, 1864

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Valvata*	O. F. Müller, 1773	accepted genus name
*Valvata (Atropidina)*	Lindholm, 1906	generic synonym
*Valvata (Cincinna)*	Mörch, 1864	synonym
*Valvata (Tropidina)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854	synonym
*Valvata (Valvata)*	O. F. Müller, 1773	synonym

Species group names

*Valvata (Tropidina) macrostoma*	Mörch, 1864	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: fraaie pluimdrager sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: bog valve snail; Large-mouthed Valve Snail; large-mouthed valve 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.;Charles Hussey

German: Niedergedrückte Federkiemenschnecke; Stumpfe Federkiemenschnecke; Sumpf-Federkiemenschnecke 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.

Swedish: sumpkamgälsnäcka

Literature

basis of record	Glöer, P. (2002). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 73. Teil: Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas: Bestimmungsschlüssel, Lebensweise, Verbreitung. Hackenheim (Conchbooks). 1–327.
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. Valvata macrostoma Mörch, 1864. 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:235809