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Systematic Species List
Here are all of Pennsylvania’s land snails, listed systematically. You can sample the state’s land snail diversity by clicking on highlighted species names.

* = non-native species
three shells
Ed Thompson
 
Helicinidae
Hendersonia occulta (Say, 1831)
Pomatiopsidae
  Pomatiopsis lapidaria (Say, 1817)
Carychiidae
  Carychium clappi Hubricht, 1959
Carychium exiguum (Say, 1822)
Carychium exile I. Lea, 1842
Carychium nannodes G.H. Clapp, 1905
Cionellidae
  Cochlicopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)
Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838)
Cochlicopa morseana (Doherty, 1878)
Cochlicopa nitens (Gallenstein, 1848)
Valloniidae
  Vallonia costata (Müller, 1774)
Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893
Vallonia pulchella (Müller, 1774)
Pupillidae
  Pupoides albilabris (C.B. Adams, 1841)
Gastrocoptidae
  Gastrocopta armifera (Say, 1821)
Gastrocopta contracta (Say, 1822)
Gastrocopta corticaria (Say, 1816)
Gastrocopta pentodon (Say, 1822)
Gastrocopta tappaniana (C.B. Adams, 1842)
Vertiginidae
  Vertigo bollesiana (E.S. Morse, 1865)
Vertigo gouldi (A. Binney, 1843)
Vertigo milium (Gould, 1840)
Vertigo ovata Say, 1822
Vertigo pygmaea (Draparnaud, 1801)
Vertigo tridentata Wolf, 1870
Vertigo ventricosa (E.S. Morse, 1865)
Truncatellinidae
  Columella simplex (Gould, 1840)
Strobilopsidae
  Strobilops aeneus Pilsbry, 1926
Strobilops affinis Pilsbry, 1893
Strobilops labyrinthicus (Say, 1817)
Strobilops texasiana Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906
Succineidae
  Catinella oklahomarum (Webb, 1953)
Catinella vermeta (Say, 1829)
Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817)
Oxyloma retusum (I. Lea, 1834)
Oxyloma subeffusum Pilsbry, 1948
Succinea putris (Linné, 1758)
Discidae
  Anguispira alternata (Say, 1816)
Anguispira fergusoni (Bland, 1861)
Anguispira kochi (Pfeiffer, 1821)
Discus catskillensis (Pilsbry, 1896)
Discus patulus (Deshayes, 1830)
Discus rotundatus (Müller, 1774) *
Discus whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864)
Helicodiscidae
  Helicodiscus parallelus (Say, 1817)
Helicodiscus shimeki Hubricht, 1962
Lucilla singleyana (Pilsbry, 1889)
Punctidae
  Punctum minutissimum (I. Lea, 1841)
Punctum vitreum (H.B. Baker, 1930)
Arionidae
  Arion circumscriptus Johnston, 1828 *
Arion distinctus Mabille, 1868 *
Arion hortensis Férussac, 1819 *
Arion intermedius (Normand, 1852) *
Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805) *
Philomycidae
  Megapallifera mutabilis (Hubricht, 1951)
Pallifera dorsalis (A. Binney, 1842)
Pallifera ohioensis (Sterki, 1908)
Pallifera secreta (Cockerell, 1900)
Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802)
Philomycus flexuolaris Rafinesque, 1820
Philomycus togatus (Gould, 1841)
Testacellidae
  Testacella haliotidea Draparnaud, 1801 *
Ferussaciidae
  Cecilioides acicula (Müller, 1774) *
Haplotrematidae
  Haplotrema concavum (Say, 1821)
Helicarionidae
  Euconulus dentatus (Sterki, 1893)
Euconulus fulvus (Müller, 1774)
Euconulus polygyratus (Pilsbry, 1899)
Guppya sterkii (Dall, 1888)
Gastrodontidae
  Gastrodonta interna (Say, 1822)
Striatura exigua (Stimpson, 1850)
Striatura ferrea E.S. Morse, 1864
Striatura meridionalis (Pilsbry and Ferriss, 1906)
Striatura milium (E.S. Morse, 1859)
Ventridens demissus (A. Binney, 1843)
Ventridens gularis (Say, 1822)
Ventridens intertextus (A. Binney, 1841)
Ventridens ligera (Say, 1821)
Ventridens suppressus (Say, 1829)
Ventridens virginicus (Vanatta, 1936)
Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1816)
Zonitoides nitidus (Müller, 1774)
Zonitidae
  Glyphyalinia indentata (Say, 1823)
Glyphyalinia rhoadsi (Pilsbry, 1899)
Glyphyalinia wheatleyi (Bland, 1883)
Mesomphix cupreus (Rafinesque, 1831)
Mesomphix inornatus (Say, 1821)
Mesomphix perlaevis (Pilsbry, 1900)
Nesovitrea binneyana (E.S. Morse, 1864)
Nesovitrea electrina (Gould, 1841)
Oxychilus cellarius (Müller, 1774) *
Paravitrea multidentata (A. Binney, 1840)
Vitrinidae
  Hawaiia alachuana (Dall, 1885)
Hawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841)
Vitrina angelicae Beck, 1837
Limacidae
  Lehmannia valentiana (Férussac, 1821) *
Limax maximus Linné, 1758 *
Agriolimacidae
  Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)
Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774) *
Milacidae
  Milax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801) *
Polygyridae
Allogona profunda (Say, 1821)
Appalachina sayana (Pilsbry, 1906)
Euchemotrema fraternum (Say, 1824)
Euchemotrema leai (A. Binney, 1841)
Inflectarius inflecta (Say, 1821)
Mesodon clausus (Say, 1821)
Mesodon elevatus (Say, 1821)
Mesodon mitchellianus (I. Lea, 1839)
Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1816)
Mesodon zaletus (A. Binney, 1837)
Neohelix albolabris (Say, 1817)
Neohelix dentifera (A. Binney, 1837)
Patera laevior (Pilsbry, 1940)
Patera pennsylvanica (Green, 1827)
Stenotrema barbatum (G.H. Clapp, 1904)
Stenotrema edvardsi (Bland, 1856)
Stenotrema hirsutum (Say, 1817)
Triodopsis fallax (Say, 1825)
Triodopsis fraudulenta (Pilsbry, 1894)
Triodopsis juxtidens (Pilsbry, 1894)
Triodopsis picea Hubricht, 1958
Triodopsis tridentata (Say, 1816)
Triodopsis vulgata Pilsbry, 1940
Webbhelix multilineata (Say, 1821)
Xolotrema denotatum (Férussac, 1821)
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