Gyraulus chinensis

Gyraulus chinensis is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Gyraulus chinensis
A group of shells of Gyraulus chinensis, scale bar in mm
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Gyraulus
Species:	G. chinensis
Binomial name
Gyraulus chinensis (Dunker, 1848)[2]

Distribution

This species is native to Asia.

The non-indigenous distribution for this species includes:

• Czech Republic as a "hothouse alien"^[3]
• Great Britain, as a "hothouse alien"
• Netherlands^[4]