Land Snails of Rhode Island

* = non-native species
** = not reported yet

Alphabetical Index

You can sample Rhode Island’s land snail diversity by clicking on highlighted species names.

A | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | X | Z 

A
Anguispira alternata (Say, 1816)

C
Carychium exiguum (Say, 1822)
Carychium exile I. Lea, 1842
Catinella vermeta (Say, 1829)
Cepaea hortensis (Müller, 1774)
Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)* 
Cochlicopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)
Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838)   

D
Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774)*
Discus catskillensis (Pilsbry, 1896)
Discus rotundatus (Müller, 1774)*
Discus whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864) 

E
Euconulus chersinus (Say, 1821)
Euconulus fulvus (Müller, 1774)

F
 

G
Gastrocopta contracta (Say, 1822)
Gastrocopta corticaria (Say, 1816)
Gastrocopta pentodon (Say, 1822)
Gastrocopta procera (Gould, 1840)
Gastrocopta tappaniana (C.B. Adams, 1842)
Glyphyalinia indentata (Say, 1823)
Glyphyalinia rhoadsi (Pilsbry, 1899)
Glyphyalinia wheatleyi (Bland, 1883)

H
Hawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841)
Helicodiscus parallelus (Say, 1817) 

I
 

L
Limax maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)*
 

M
Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822
Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1816)
Mesodon zaletus (A. Binney, 1837)
Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)*

N
Nesovitrea binneyana (E.S. Morse, 1864)
Nesovitrea electrina (Gould, 1841)
Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817) 

O
Oxychilus alliarius (Miller, 1822)*
Oxychilus cellarius (Müller, 1774)*
Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)*
Oxyloma retusum (I. Lea, 1834)
 

P
Punctum minutissimum (I. Lea, 1841)
Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758) 

R
 

S
Striatura exigua (Stimpson, 1850)
Striatura milium (E.S. Morse, 1859)
Strobilops affinis Pilsbry, 1893
Strobilops labyrinthicus (Say, 1817)
Succinea putris (Linné, 1758)

T


V
Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893
Vallonia pulchella (Müller, 1774)
Ventridens ligera (Say, 1821)
Vertigo gouldii (A. Binney, 1843)
Vertigo milium (Gould, 1840)
Vertigo ovata Say, 1822
Vertigo perryi Sterki, 1905


W
 

X
 

Z
Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1816)
Zonitoides nitidus (Müller, 1774)
Zoogenetes harpa (Say, 1824)