 It favours sunny clean and silent shallow water zones with moderately rich vegetation.It is often found in undisturbed waters which are eutrophic but with a rich oxygen contents,"Gyraulus laevis" is also as a pioneer species (in lake margins that are in the process of becoming land)

For terms see gastropod shell.The 1-2.5 x 3.0-4.5 mm shell is nearly planispiral in its coiling.