Stagnicola elodes is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Taxonomy There is a very similar species Stagnicola palustris in Europe, and both species could in fact be one and the same species. Distribution The distribution of Stagnicola elodes in North America includes the Great Lakes region and the United States. Ecology Parasites of Stagnicola elodes include: Echinostoma revolutum References Further reading Lymnaeidae Molluscs of North America Fauna of the Great Lakes region (North America) Gastropods described in 1821