Planorbis planorbis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

[3] This species, like all planorbids, has a sinistral shell.

The keel on the periphery of the shell is near the edge closest to the spire side, which is carried downwards in life.

The habitat of this species is shallow standing and slowly running freshwaters on a mud substrate, also ponds and temporarily drying flood waters, up to 1 metre depth.

Planorbis planorbis does not tolerate intensive water movements but is tolerant to eutrophic conditions.