North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

154008 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154008)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Viviparus Montfort, 1810

Original name

Helix vivipara Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154008 on 2026-09-04

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=154008 on 2026-09-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-16 10:28:02Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-12-13 20:38:55Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2014-11-07 12:52:42Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2017-06-03 09:43:23Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Ziegelmeier, E. (1966). Die Schnecken (Gastropoda Prosobranchia) der deutsche Meeresgebiete und brackigen Küstengewässer [The Gastropoda Prosobranchia from the German seas and brackish coastal waters]. Helgol. Wiss. Meeresunters. 13: 1-66 [Subsequent publication] (look up in IMIS) [details]

ecology source Höckelmann, C.; Pusch, M. (2000). The respiration and filter-feeding rates of the snail Viviparus viviparus (Gastropoda) under simulated stream conditions. Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 149(4): 553-568., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/149/2000/553 [details]

identification resource Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.
page(s): 94. [details]