Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Hygrophila > Superfamily Lymnaeoidea > Family Planorbidae > Subfamily Planorbinae > Tribe Planorbini > Genus Planorbis

Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Planorbis*	O. F. Müller, 1773	accepted genus name
*Planorbis (Planorbis)*	O. F. Müller, 1773	synonym

Species group names

*Missing limbata*	Da Costa, 1778	subjective synonym
*Missing philippianus*	Caziot, 1903	subjective synonym
*Missing philippii*	Germain, 1908	subjective synonym
*Missing subangulatus*	Philippi, 1844	subjective synonym
*Missing umbilicatus*	O.F. Muller, 1774	subjective synonym
*Helix planorbis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Planorbis (Planorbis) planorbis*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kërmilli kulaç 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.

Dutch: gewone schijfhoren sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: common ramshorn; margined ramshorn; margined trumpet shell; ram's horn; ramshorn 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: Flache Tellerschnecke; Gemeine Tellerschnecke 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: allmän skivsnäcka

Literature

additional source	Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.
additional source	Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. Fauna of Arabia. 17: 333-461.
additional source	Biggs, H. E. J. (1971). Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau–III. Journal of Conchology. 27 (4): 211-220. London [29 April].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Planorbis planorbis (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:182693