Description: A large, translucent reddish or yellowish-brown shell with relatively flat whorls and shallow sutures. Aperture much greater than 50% of shell height. Spire very short. Animal often light in colour. Widespread. 10-18 mm.

World Distribution: Not extending much into the northern or southern fringes of Europe. Distribution type: Eurosiberian Temperate (74).

Irish Distribution: Widespread and fairly common throughout Ireland, except the extreme north and north-west. In northern counties it is more or less confined to river valleys and lakeshores in the Lough Neagh and Lough Erne basins with outliers around Derry City.

Ecology:

• Inhabits tall marginal or fen vegetation on mesotrophic or eutrophic riverbanks and lakeshores
• Climbs high on vegetation unlike Oxyloma elegans with which it frequently occurs

Key Identification Features:

• A large yellow-brown to reddish shell with massive body whorl and small spire
• Whorls relatively flat and with shallow sutures
• Aperture much greater than 50% of shell height
• Animal usually shades of grey, very rarely dark
• Much larger when full grown than other amber snails

Red list status:

• Least concern (lc).

Distribution Map from NBN: Succinea putris at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Succinea putris at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Succinea putris | Classification: Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Succineidae, Succinea

Thumbnails for genus Succinea