Aquatic Snails

GASTROPODS
CLASS GASTROPODA
Freshwater Snails in Alabama

Order Architaenioglossa

Applesnails - Family Ampullariidae

Live-bearing Snails - Family Viviparidae

Order Neotaenioglossa

Horn, River, and Rock Snails - Family Pleuroceridae

Pebblesnails - Family Hydrobiidae

Seep Snails - Family Pomatiopsidae

Order Basommatophora

Pondsnails - Family Lymnaeidae

Pouch Snails - Family Physidae

Ramshorn Snails -Family Planorbidae

Freshwater Limpets - Family Ancylidae

Order Heterostropha

Valvatas - Family Valvatidae

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.