Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Truncatelloidea > Family Hydrobiidae > Subfamily Hydrobiinae > Genus Ecrobia

Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ecrobia*	W. Stimpson, 1865	accepted genus name
*Ventrosia*	Radoman, 1977	synonym

Species group names

*Turbo ventrosa*	Montagu, 1803	objective synonym
*Hydrobia cissana*	Radoman, 1973	synonym
*Hydrobia ventrosa*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Pseudopaludinella cissana*	(Radoman, 1973)	synonym
*Turbo ventrosus*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Ventrosia cissana*	(Radoman, 1973)	synonym
*Ventrosia ventrosa*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: hanging mud snail; spine snail; Spire Snail; spire 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;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Bauchige Wattschnecke; Hängende Wattschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Oliverio, Marco (2006). Gastropoda Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.
additional source	Wilke T., Renz J., Hauffe T., Delicado D. & Peters J. (2020). Proteomic fingerprinting discriminates cryptic gastropod species. Malacologia. 63(1): 131-137.
status source	Kadolsky, D. (2012). Nomenclatural comments on non-marine molluscs occurring in the British Isles. Journal of Conchology. 41(1): 65-90.
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. Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238104

Ruud A. Bank. Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a95ffe26-bf74-4d66-8c3f-80d0d6dfe78b

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Occurrence

Present

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Native

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Managed

No data

Environment

not marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.