where are pond snails found
Pond snails (Lymnaeidae) are a family of gastropods quite common in European rivers, lakes and ponds. The large freshwater snails also live in garden ponds and aquaria. There they are often introduced involuntarily with water plants, but also many people like to have them and so put them into their ponds on purpose. Galba truncatula. A very small snail, whose shell whorls are set apart like stair steps. Usually, the shell is between 6 and 8 mm high, but there are also dwarf and giant forms between 3 and 15 mm. The lesser pond snail lives in small and tiny water bodies, such as moats and puddles.