Aquatic Snails
GASTROPODS
CLASS GASTROPODA
Freshwater Snails in Alabama
Order Architaenioglossa
Live-bearing Snails - Family Viviparidae
Applesnails - Family Ampullariidae
Order Neotaenioglossa
Hornsnails, Riversnails, and Rocksnails - Family Pleuroceridae
Pebblesnails - Family Hydrobiidae
Seep Snails - Family Pomatiopsidae
Order Heterostropha
Valvatas - Family Valvatidae
Order Basommatophora
Pondsnails - Family Lymnaeidae
Pouch Snails - Family Physidae
Ramshorn Snails -Family Planorbidae
Freshwater Limpets - Family Ancylidae
Note: In Alabama, it is illegal to release or stock or move any fish,
mussel, snail or crayfish to any public waters without a permit.
