Land Snails

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

Alphabetical Index

Below are land snails of Connecticut, Washington D.C., Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Vermont, listed alphabetically. You can sample each state’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
Aegopinella nitidula (Draparnaud, 1805)*
Allogona profunda (Say, 1821)
Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez and Michaud, 1838)*
Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)*
Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852)*
Ambigolimax valentianus (Férussac, 1821)*
Anguispira alternata (Say, 1816)
Anguispira fergusoni (Bland, 1861)
Anguispira jessica Kutchka, 1938
Anguispira kochi (Pfeiffer, 1821)
Anguispira mordax (Shuttleworth, 1852)
Anguispira rugoderma Hubricht, 1938**
Anguispira stihleri Dourson, 2015
Anguispira strongylodes (Pfeiffer, 1854)
Appalachina sayana (Pilsbry, 1906)
Arianta arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)*
Arion ater (Linnaeus, 1758)*
Arion circumscriptus Johnston, 1828*
Arion distinctus Mabille, 1868*
Arion fasciatus (Nilsson, 1822)*
Arion hortensis Férussac, 1819*
Arion intermedius (Normand, 1852)*
Arion rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)*
Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805)*
Arion sylvaticus (Lohmander, 1937)*

C
Candidula intersecta (Poiret, 1801)* 
Carychium clappi Hubricht, 1959
Carychium exiguum (Say, 1822)
Carychium exile I. Lea, 1842
Carychium minimum (Müller, 1774)*
Carychium nannodes G.H. Clapp, 1905
Catinella hubrichti Grimm, 1960
Catinella oklahomarum (Webb, 1953)
Catinella vagans (Pilsbry, 1900)
Catinella vermeta (Say, 1829)
Cecilioides acicula (Müller, 1774)*
Cepaea hortensis (Müller, 1774)
Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)* 
Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837)*
Cernuella virgata (da Costa, 1778)*
Cochlicopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)
Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838)
Cochlicopa morseana (Doherty, 1878)
Cochlicopa nitens (Gallenstein, 1848)* 
Columella simplex (Gould, 1840)
Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774)*    

D
Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2011**
Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)
Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774)*
Discus bryanti (Harper, 1881)
Discus catskillensis (Pilsbry, 1896)
Discus nigrimontanus (Pilsbry,1924)
Discus patulus (Deshayes, 1830)
Discus rotundatus (Müller, 1774)*
Discus whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864) 

E
Eobania vermiculata (Müller, 1774)*
Euchemotrema fraternum (Say, 1824)
Euchemotrema leai (A. Binney, 1841)
Euconulus alderi
Euconulus chersinus (Say, 1821)
Euconulus dentatus (Sterki, 1893)
Euconulus fulvus (Müller, 1774)
Euconulus polygyratus (Pilsbry, 1899)
Euconulus trochulus (Reinhardt, 1883)

F
Fumonelix christyi (Bland, 1860)
Fumonelix wheatleyi (Bland, 1860) 

G
Gastrocopta armifera (Say, 1821)
Gastrocopta clappi (Sterki, 1909)
Gastrocopta contracta (Say, 1822)
Gastrocopta corticaria (Say, 1816)
Gastrocopta cristata (Pilsbry and Vanatta, 1900)
Gastrocopta holzingeri (Sterki, 1889)
Gastrocopta pellucida (Pfeiffer, 1841)
Gastrocopta pentodon (Say, 1822)
Gastrocopta procera (Gould, 1840)
Gastrocopta riparia Hubricht, 1978**
Gastrocopta similis (Sterki, 1909)
Gastrocopta tappaniana (C.B. Adams, 1842)
Gastrodonta fonticula Wurtz, 1948
Gastrodonta interna (Say, 1822)
Glyphyalinia carolinensis (Cockerell, 1890)
Glyphyalinia cryptomphala (G.H. Clapp, 1915)
Glyphyalinia cumberlandiana (Clapp, 1919)
Glyphyalinia indentata (Say, 1823)
Glyphyalinia lewisiana (Clapp, 1908)
Glyphyalinia luticola Hubricht, 1966
Glyphyalinia picea Hubricht, 1976
Glyphyalinia praecox (H.B. Baker, 1930)
Glyphyalinia raderi (Dall, 1898)
Glyphyalinia rhoadsi (Pilsbry, 1899)
Glyphyalinia rimula Hubricht, 1968
Glyphyalinia sculptilis (Bland, 1858)
Glyphyalinia solida (H.B. Baker, 1930)
Glyphyalinia virginica (Morrison, 1937)
Glyphyalinia wheatleyi (Bland, 1883)
Guppya sterkii (Dall, 1888)

H
Haplotrema concavum (Say, 1821)
Hawaiia alachuana (Dall, 1885)
Hawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841)
Helicodiscus diadema Grimm, 1967
Helicodiscus hadenoecus Hubricht, 1962
Helicodiscus lirellus Hubricht, 1975
Helicodiscus multidens Hubricht, 1962
Helicodiscus notius Hubricht, 1962
Helicodiscus parallelus (Say, 1817)
Helicodiscus shimeki Hubricht, 1962
Helicodiscus triodus Hubricht, 1958
Helicodiscus villosus Dourson, 2015
Helix pomatia (Linnaeus, 1758)*
Hendersonia occulta (Say, 1831) 

I
Inflectarius downieanus
Inflectarius inflectus (Say, 1821)
Inflectarius kalmianus (Hubricht, 1965)
Inflectarius rugeli (Shuttleworth, 1852) 

L
Lamellaxis micra (d’Orbigny, 1835)*
Lehmannia marginata (Müller, 1774)*
Limax flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)*
Limax maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)*
Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)*
Lobosculum pustuloides (Bland, 1858)
Lucilla scintilla (R.T. Lowe, 1852)
Lucilla singleyana (Pilsbry, 1889)
 

M
Megapallifera mutabilis (Hubricht, 1951)
Megapallifera wetherbyi (W.G. Binney, 1874)
Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822
Melampus floridanus
Mesodon andrewsae W. G. Binney, 1879
Mesodon clausus (Say, 1821)
Mesodon elevatus (Say, 1821)
Mesodon mitchellianus (I. Lea, 1839)
Mesodon normalis (Pilsbry, 1900)
Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1816)
Mesodon zaletus (A. Binney, 1837)
Mesomphix capnodes (W. G. Binney, 1857)
Mesomphix cupreus (Rafinesque, 1831)
Mesomphix inornatus (Say, 1821)
Mesomphix latior (Pilsbry, 1900)
Mesomphix luisant Dourson, 2015
Mesomphix perlaevis (Pilsbry, 1900)
Mesomphix rugeli (W. G. Binney, 1879)
Mesomphix subplanus (A. Binney, 1842)
Milax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801)*
Millerelix plicata (Say, 1821)
Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)*

N
Neohelix albolabris (Say, 1817)
Neohelix dentifera (A. Binney, 1837)
Neohelix major (A. Binney, 1837)
Neohelix solemi Emberton, 1988
Nesovitrea binneyana (E.S. Morse, 1864)
Nesovitrea electrina (Gould, 1841)
Novisuccinea chittenangoensis (Pilsbry, 1908)
Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817)
Novisuccinea wilsonii  

O
Opeas pumilum (Pfeiffer, 1840)*
Opeas pyrgula Schmacker & Boettger, 1891*
Otala lactea (Müller, 1774)*
Oxychilus alliarius (Miller, 1822)*
Oxychilus cellarius (Müller, 1774)*
Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)*
Oxyloma effusum (Pfeiffer, 1853)
Oxyloma groenlandica (Moller, 1842)*
Oxyloma peoriense (Wolf, 1894)
Oxyloma retusum (I. Lea, 1834)
Oxyloma subeffusum Pilsbry, 1948
 

P
Pallifera dorsalis (A. Binney, 1842)
Pallifera fosteri F.C. Baker, 1939
Pallifera hemphilli (W.G. Binney, 1885)
Pallifera megaphallica Grimm, 1961
Pallifera ohioensis (Sterki, 1908)
Pallifera secreta Cockerell, 1900
Pallifera varia Hubricht, 1953
Paravitrea bellona Hubricht, 1978
Paravitrea blarina Hubricht, 1963
Paravitrea capsella (Gould, 1851)
Paravitrea ceres Hubricht, 1978
Paravitrea dentilla Hubricht, 1978
Paravitrea hera Hubricht, 1983
Paravitrea lamellidens (Pilsbry, 1898)
Paravitrea mira Hubricht, 1975
Paravitrea multidentata (A. Binney, 1840)
Paravitrea placentula (Shuttleworth, 1852)
Paravitrea pontis H.B. Baker, 1931
Paravitrea reesei Morrison, 1937
Paravitrea septadens Hubricht, 1978
Paravitrea seradens Hubricht, 1972
Paravitrea subtilis Hubricht, 1978
Paravitrea tridens Pilsbry, 1946
Patera appressa (Say, 1821)
Patera laevior (Pilsbry, 1940)
Patera panselenus (Hubricht, 1976)
Patera pennsylvanica (Green, 1827)
Philomycis batchi Branson, 1968
Philomycus bisdosus (Branson, 1968)
Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802)
Philomycus flexuolaris Rafinesque, 1820
Philomycus togatus (Gould, 1841)
Philomycus venustus Hubricht, 1953
Philomycus virginicus Hubricht, 1953
Planogyra asteriscus (E.S. Morse, 1857)
Polygyriscus virginianus (Burch, 1947)
Pomatiopsis cincinnatiensis (I. Lea, 1840)
Pomatiopsis lapidaria (Say, 1817)
Punctum blandianum Pilsbry, 1900
Punctum conspectum (Shuttleworth, 1852)*
Punctum minutissimum (I. Lea, 1841)
Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud, 1801)*
Punctum smithi (Morrison, 1935)
Punctum vitreum (H.B. Baker, 1930)
Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pupoides albilabris (C.B. Adams, 1841) 

R
Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)* 

S
Stenotrema altispira (Pilsbry, 1894)
Stenotrema barbatum (G.H. Clapp, 1904)
Stenotrema burringtoni Grimm, 1971
Stenotrema edvardsi (Bland, 1856)
Stenotrema hirsutum (Say, 1817)
Stenotrema macgregori (Dourson, 2011)**
Stenotrema pilula (Pilsbry, 1900)
Stenotrema simile (Grimm, 1971)
Stenotrema spinosum (Lea, 1830)
Stenotrema stenotrema (Pfeiffer, 1842)
Striatura exigua (Stimpson, 1850)
Striatura ferrea E.S. Morse, 1864
Striatura meridionalis (Pilsbry and Ferriss, 1906)
Striatura milium (E.S. Morse, 1859)
Strobilops aeneus Pilsbry, 1926
Strobilops affinis Pilsbry, 1893
Strobilops labyrinthicus (Say, 1817)
Strobilops texasianus Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906
Subulina octona (Bruguiere, 1792)*
Succinea campestris Say, 1817
Succinea indiana Pilsbry, 1905
Succinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758)*
Succinea wilsonii I. Lea, 1864

T
Testacella haliotidea Draparnaud, 1801*
Triodopsis alabamensis (Pilsbry, 1902)
Triodopsis anteridon Pilsbry, 1940
Triodopsis burchi Hubricht, 1950
Triodopsis fallax (Say, 1825)
Triodopsis fraudulenta (Pilsbry, 1894)
Triodopsis hopetonensis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
Triodopsis juxtidens (Pilsbry, 1894)
Triodopsis messana (Hubricht, 1952)
Triodopsis obsoleta (Pilsbry, 1894)
Triodopsis pendula Hubricht, 1952
Triodopsis picea Hubricht, 1958
Triodopsis platysayoides (Brooks, 1933)
Triodopsis rugosa Brooks and McMillan, 1940
Triodopsis tennesseensis (Walker and Pilsbry, 1902)
Triodopsis tridentata (Say, 1816)
Triodopsis vulgata Pilsbry, 1940
Trochulus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)*

V
Vallonia costata (Müller, 1774)
Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893
Vallonia parvula Sterki,1893
Vallonia perspectiva Sterki,1892
Vallonia pulchella (Müller, 1774)
Ventridens acerra (J. Lewis, 1870)
Ventridens arcellus Hubricht, 1976
Ventridens cerinoideus (Anthony, 1865)
Ventridens coelaxis (Pilsbry, 1899)
Ventridens collisella (Pilsbry, 1896)
Ventridens decussatus (Walker and Pilsbry, 1902)
Ventridens demissus (A. Binney, 1843)
Ventridens gularis (Say, 1822)
Ventridens intertextus (A. Binney, 1841)
Ventridens lasmodon (Phillips, 1841)
Ventridens lawae (W.G. Binney, 1892)
Ventridens ligera (Say, 1821)
Ventridens pilsbryi Hubricht, 1964
Ventridens suppressus (Say, 1829)
Ventridens theloides (Walker and Pilsbry, 1902)
Ventridens virginicus (Vanatta, 1936)
Vertigo alabamensis Clapp, 1915**
Vertigo arthuri Martens, 1882
Vertigo bollesiana (E.S. Morse, 1865)**
Vertigo clappi (Brooks and Hunt, 1936)
Vertigo cristata (Sterki, 1919)**
Vertigo elatior Sterki, 1894**
Vertigo gouldii (A. Binney, 1843)
Vertigo lilleborgi vinladica Nekola et.al, in press
Vertigo malleata Coles and Nekola, 2007**
Vertigo meramecensis VanDevender, 1979
Vertigo milium (Gould, 1840)
Vertigo modesta (Say, 1824)
Vertigo morsei
Vertigo nylanderi Sterki, 1909
Vertigo oralis Sterki, 1898
Vertigo oscariana Sterki, 1890
Vertigo ovata Say, 1822
Vertigo paradoxa
Vertigo parvula Sterki, 1890
Vertigo perryi Sterki, 1905
Vertigo pygmaea (Draparnaud, 1801)
Vertigo ronnebyensis
Vertigo teskeyae (Hubricht, 1961)
Vertigo tridentata (Wolf, 1870)
Vertigo ventricosa (E.S. Morse, 1865)**
Vitrina angelicae Beck, 1837
Vitrinizonites latissimus (J. Lewis, 1875)

W
Webbhelix multilineata (Say, 1821) 

X
Xolotrema denotatum (Férussac, 1821)
Xolotrema fosteri (F.C. Baker, 1921)*
Xolotrema obstrictum (Say, 1821)

 

Z
Zachrysia provisoria (Pfeiffer, 1858)*
Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1816)
Zonitoides elliotti (Redfield, 1856)
Zonitoides nitidus (Müller, 1774)
Zoogenetes harpa (Say, 1824)