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Find more information about this species at: https://www.rkapeller.eu/species.html?SS_Radix_auricularia Click here for the database with determination key for European mollusks
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Europe
Distribution for Limnaea auricularia var. andersoni Clessin, 1878 - Sweden
Distribution for Lymnaea (Radix) intercisa (Milaschewitsch in Lindholm, 1909) - Baikal Lake
Distribution for Limnaea (Gulnaria) auricularia var. lapidaria Lindholm, 1909 - Baikal Lake
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - New Zealand
Distribution for Lymnaea (Radix) chereshnevi Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989 - Alaska
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oman
Distribution for Limnaea lagotis var. mucronata Pallary, 1930 - Lebanon
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kazakhstan
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mongolia
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Afghanistan
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kaliningrad
Distribution for Lymnaea (Radix) schelechovi Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989 - Russian Far East
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Siberia
Distribution for Lymnaea (Radix) chereshnevi Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989 - Kamchatka
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Albania
Distribution for Limnaea peraudieriana Bourguignat, 1862 - Algeria
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Austria
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Baleares
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgium
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Luxembourg
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Estonia
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Latvia
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lithuania
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Bulgaria
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sardegna
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Germany
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Czech Republic
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Slovakia
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Denmark
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Finland
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - France
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Great Britain
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Greece
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Hungary
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ireland
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Ireland
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Italy
Distribution for Lymnaea thermokamtschatica Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989 - Kamchatka
Distribution for Lymnaea hadutkae Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989 - Kamchatka
Distribution for Lymnaea chereshnevi Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989 - Kamchatka
Distribution for Radix (Radix) schelechovi (Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989) - Kamchatka
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Netherlands
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Norway
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Poland
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Portugal
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Romania
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sicilia
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Spain
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sweden
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Switzerland
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ukraine
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Croatia
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Macedonia
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Montenegro
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Serbia
Distribution for Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) - Slovenia
Distribution for Lymnaea (Radix) chereshnevi Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989 - Chukotka
Alien
Species introduced by man into places out of their natural range of distribution