What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Pfeiffer's Ramshorn Snail been recorded?

Biomphalaria pfeifferi occurrence evidence comes from 458 records in 15 countries and territories, from 1974 to 2018. Most records come from Niger.

Pfeiffer's Ramshorn Snail
Pfeiffer's Ramshorn Snail — Photo (display-sized rendition): G. Oberholzer & J. A. Van Eeden · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
GastropodaPlanorbidaeBiomphalaria

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

458 records across 15 countries and territories, 1974–2018.

Biomphalaria pfeifferi · GBIF taxon key 7480207

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19742018

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Pfeiffer's Ramshorn Snail has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Pfeiffer's Ramshorn Snail. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Niger 255
Kenya 108
Senegal 34
Nigeria 14
Yemen 11
Oman 10
Chad 8
Cameroon 5
DR Congo 3
Malawi 3
Burundi 2
Egypt 2
Burkina Faso 1
Côte d'Ivoire 1
Zimbabwe 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.