Pomatias elegans

Pomatias elegans
A live and active individual of Pomatias elegans; note how the back of the shell rests on the operculum on the upper surface of the tail
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Pomatiidae
Genus: Pomatias
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Pomatias elegans
(Müller, 1774)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostoma elegans

Pomatias elegans, common name the round-mouthed snail, is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae within the superfamily Littorinoidea, the winkles and their allies.

This species is sometimes called a "land winkle".