List of non-marine molluscs of the United States

The non-marine mollusks of the United States are a part of the molluscan fauna of the United States.

Summary table of number of species:

United States
freshwater gastropods  ?
land gastropods  ?
gastropods altogether  ?
bivalves  ?
molluscs altogether ?
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild  ? freshwater and ? land
non-indigenous synantrop gastropods  ?
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild  ?
non-indigenous synantrop bivalves  ?
non-indigenous molluscs altogether  ?

Contents

Federally endangered or threatened freshwater gastropods

Here is listed 34 gastropod taxa. The only marine endangered gastropod is Haliotis sorenseni. The only foreign endangered land snail is Papustyla pulcherrima. Altogether 36 gastropod species is federally listed as of 2 October 2009.[1]

Common name Scientific name Home range status
Tumbling creek cavesnail Antrobia culveri Missouri E
Anthony's riversnail Athearnia anthonyi Alabama, Tennessee E
Pecos Assiminea snail Assiminea pecos New Mexico, Texas, Mexico (in salt marshes) E
Slender campeloma Campeloma decampi Alabama E
Lacy elimia Elimia crenatella Alabama T
Newcomb's snail Erinna newcombi Hawaii T
Koster's springsnail/Koster's tryonia Juturnia kosteri/Tryonia kosteri New Mexico E
Banbury Springs lanx Lanx n. sp. (undescribed taxon) Idaho E
Round rocksnail Leptoxis ampla Alabama T
Plicate rocksnail Leptoxis plicata Alabama E
Painted rocksnail Leptoxis taeniata Alabama T
Cylindrical lioplax Lioplax cyclostomaformis Alabama E
Flat pebblesnail Lepyrium showalteri Alabama E
Royal marstonia Marstonia ogmoraphe (listed as Pyrgulopsis ogmorhaphe) Tennessee E
Armored marstonia Marstonia pachyta (listed as Pyrgulopsis pachyta) Alabama E
Snake river physa snail Physa natricina Idaho E
Bruneau Hot Springsnail Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis Idaho E
Socorro springsnail Pyrgulopsis neomexicana New Mexico E
Roswell springsnail Pyrgulopsis roswellensis New Mexico E
Bliss Rapids snail Taylorconcha serpenticola Idaho T
Alamosa springsnail Tryonia alamosae New Mexico E
Alabama Live-bearing snail Tulotoma magnifica Alabama E
Utah roundmouth snail Valvata utahensis Idaho, extirpaded from Utah E

Federally endangered or threatened land gastropods

Common name Scientific name Home range status
Oʻahu tree snails Achatinella spp. Hawaii E
Painted Snake Coiled Forest snail Anguispira picta Tennessee T
Iowa Pleistocene snail Discus macclintocki Illinois, Iowa E
Morro Shoulderband snail Helminthoglypta walkeriana California E
Magazine Mountain shagreen Mesodon magazinensis Arkansas T
Chittenango ovate amber snail Novisuccinea chittenangoensis New York T
Stock Island tree snail Orthalicus reses (not include O. r. nesodryas) Florida T
Kanab Ambersnail Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis Arizona, Utah E
Noonday globe Patera clarki nantahala North Carolina T
Virginia fringed mountain snail Polygyriscus virginianus Virginia E
Flat-spired three-toothed snail Triodopsis platysayoides West Virginia T

Systematic list

Freshwater gastropods

This list is currently unsorted by specific state.

Amnicolidae

Pleuroceridae

Hydrobiidae

Planorbidae

Physidae

Lymnaeidae

Land gastropods

Currently unsorted. Will eventually be sorted into lists by specific state.

Polygyridae

Helicidae

Bivalvia

Hothouse aliens

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

  1. ^ U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (2009). Endangered Species Bulletin 34(3): 31.

Further reading

External links