WoRMS taxon details
Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
248248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248248)
accepted
Species
Bulinus fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Bulinus fontinalis obtusata H. Beck, 1838 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bulinus fontinalis producta H. Beck, 1838 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bulinus fontinalis subacuta H. Beck, 1838 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bulla fluviatilis W. Turton, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulla fontinalis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulla gelatinosa Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (emendation of Planorbis gelatinus...)
emendation of Planorbis gelatinus Müller, 1774
Helix bullaoides Donovan, 1803 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix pellucida Razoumowsky, 1789 · unaccepted (invalid; not O. F. Müller, 1774)
Physa (Mediterraneophysa) bulla (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Physa acutespira Servain, 1882 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa adversa (Da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Physa bulla (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted
Physa canariensis Bourguignat, 1856 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa coronadoi Servain, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa fluviatilis T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa fontinalis normalis Westerlund, 1871 · unaccepted (not H. Beck, 1838)
Physa fontinalis var. albina Jeffreys, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa fontinalis var. aplexoides Colbeau, 1868 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa fontinalis var. curta Van den Broeck, 1869 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa fontinalis var. flava T. D. A. Cockerell, 1893 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa fontinalis var. lepida Moquin-Tandon, 1855 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa fontinalis var. minor Moquin-Tandon, 1855 · unaccepted (not d'Orbigny, 1837)
Physa fontinalis var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1862 · unaccepted (invalid; not a Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
Physa fontinalis var. rufula Locard, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa fontinalis var. typica Westerlund, 1871 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa minima Brusina, 1866 · unaccepted (not Martens, 1865)
Physa semiglobosa Westerlund, 1871 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa stabilei Lessona, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa subglobosa Clessin, 1886 · unaccepted (invalid; in error for semiglobosa...)
invalid; in error for semiglobosa Westerlund, 1871
Physa taciti Servain, 1882 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Planorbis bulla O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted
Turbo adversus Da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Physa fontinalis normalis Westerlund, 1871 accepted as Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (not H. Beck, 1838)
- Variety Physa fontinalis var. albina Jeffreys, 1862 accepted as Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Variety Physa fontinalis var. aplexoides Colbeau, 1868 accepted as Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Variety Physa fontinalis var. curta Van den Broeck, 1869 accepted as Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Variety Physa fontinalis var. flava T. D. A. Cockerell, 1893 accepted as Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Variety Physa fontinalis var. lepida Moquin-Tandon, 1855 accepted as Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Variety Physa fontinalis var. minor Moquin-Tandon, 1855 accepted as Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (not d'Orbigny, 1837)
- Variety Physa fontinalis var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1862 accepted as Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid; not a Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
- Variety Physa fontinalis var. rufula Locard, 1880 accepted as Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
- Variety Physa fontinalis var. typica Westerlund, 1871 accepted as Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
(of Bulla fontinalis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248248 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulla fontinalis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Turbo adversus Da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 96-98, pl. 5, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Bulla gelatinosa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Planorbis bulla O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 167-168 [details]
original description (of Bulla fluviatilis W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): Vol. 1, p. 27, n. 21. [details]
basis of record Gofas, Serge (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Turbo adversus Da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 96-98, pl. 5, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Bulla gelatinosa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Planorbis bulla O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 167-168 [details]
original description (of Bulla fluviatilis W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): Vol. 1, p. 27, n. 21. [details]
basis of record Gofas, Serge (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
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): 86. [details]
page(s): 86. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | blæresnegl | [details] |
| Dutch | bronblaashoren | [details] |
| English | common bladder snailbladder snail | [details] |
| German | QuellenblasenschneckeQuell-BlasenschneckeQuellblasenschnecke | [details] |
| Swedish | vanlig blåssnäcka | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Physa acutispira. Tryon, 1866. American Journal of Conchology 2 (1): 9 - catalog no. 21907) (from synonym Physa acutespira Servain, 1882)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Physa acutispira. Tryon, 1866. American Journal of Conchology 2 (1): 9 - catalog no. 329870) (from synonym Physa acutespira Servain, 1882)
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (684 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Physa fontinalis)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1454326)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1454338)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Physa acutispira. Tryon, 1866. American Journal of Conchology 2 (1): 9 - catalog no. 329870) (from synonym Physa acutespira Servain, 1882)
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (684 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Physa fontinalis)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1454326)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1454338)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
