Freshwater Snail Habitat
Freshwater snails can be found throughout the world in habitats ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs to major rivers.
Areas such as the picture above are one of many places that Freshwater Snails can live in.
Classification: Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropod
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Family: Planorbidae
Description of the Freshwater Snail.
Freshwater snails are not as colorful as their saltwater cousins. In general, their shells come in shades of gray, brown, and black, often with flecks of yellow or white. Eggs are laid in jelly-like capsules on rocks or plants at the water’s edge. When the eggs hatch tiny snails emerge. They gradually grow to adult size