Virginia Land Snails


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

Taxonomic Index

Below are all of Virginia’s land snails, listed systematically. You can sample the state’s land snail diversity by clicking on highlighted species names.


Helicinidae
Hendersonia occulta (Say, 1831) 

Pomatiopsidae
Pomatiopsis cincinnatiensis (I. Lea, 1840)
Pomatiopsis lapidaria (Say, 1817) 

Ellobiidae
Carychium clappi Hubricht, 1959
Carychium exiguum (Say, 1822)
Carychium exile I. Lea, 1842
Carychium nannodes G.H. Clapp, 1905

Melampodidae
Melampus bidentatus (Say, 1822)

Succineidae
Catinella hubrichti Grimm, 1960
Catinella oklahomarum (Webb, 1953)
Catinella vagans (Pilsbry, 1900)
Catinella vermeta (Say, 1829)
Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817)
Oxyloma effusum (Pfeiffer, 1853)
Oxyloma retusum (I. Lea, 1834)
Oxyloma subeffusum Pilsbry, 1948
Succinea wilsonii I. Lea, 1864 

Cionellidae
Cochlicopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)
Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838)
Cochlicopa morseana (Doherty, 1878) 

Pupillidae
Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pupoides albilabris (C.B. Adams, 1841) 

Strobilopsidae
Strobilops aeneus Pilsbry, 1926
Strobilops labyrinthicus (Say, 1817)
Strobilops texasianus Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906 

Valloniidae
Vallonia costata (Müller, 1774)
Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893
Vallonia parvula (Sterki,1893)
Vallonia perspectiva (Sterki,1892)
Vallonia pulchella (Müller, 1774) 

Vertiginidae
Columella simplex (Gould, 1840)
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)
Vertigo alabamensis Clapp, 1915 **
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 malleata Coles and Nekola, 2007 **
Vertigo meramecensis (VanDevender, 1979)
Vertigo milium (Gould, 1840)
Vertigo oralis Sterki, 1898
Vertigo oscariana (Sterki, 1890)
Vertigo ovata Say, 1822
Vertigo parvula Sterki, 1890
Vertigo pygmaea (Draparnaud, 1801)
Vertigo teskeyae Hubricht, 1961
Vertigo tridentata Wolf, 1870
Vertigo ventricosa (E.S. Morse, 1865) **  

Ferussaciidae
Cecilioides acicula (Müller, 1774) *

Subulinidae
Opeas pyrgula Schmacker & Boettger, 1891 *
Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)  * 

Haplotrematidae
Haplotrema concavum (Say, 1821) 

Punctidae
Punctum blandianum (Pilsbry, 1900)
Punctum minutissimum (I. Lea, 1841)
Punctum smithi (Morrison, 1935)
Punctum vitreum (H.B. Baker, 1930) 

Discidae
Anguispira alternata (Say, 1816)
Anguispira fergusoni (Bland, 1861)
Anguispira jessica (Pfeiffer, 1821)
Anguispira kochi (Pfeiffer, 1821)
Anguispira mordax (Shuttleworth, 1852)
Anguispira rugoderma Hubricht, 1938 **
Anguispira strongylodes (Pfeiffer, 1854)
Discus bryanti (Harper, 1881)
Discus catskillensis (Pilsbry, 1896)
Discus nigrimontanus (Pilsbry,1924)
Discus patulus (Deshayes, 1830)
Discus whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864)  

Helicodiscidae
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)
Lucilla scintilla (R.T. Lowe, 1852)
Lucilla singleyana (Pilsbry, 1889)
Polygyriscus virginianus (Burch, 1947)  

Gastrodontidae
Gastrodonta fonticula (Wurtz, 1948)
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 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)
Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1816)
Zonitoides elliotti (Redfield, 1856)  

Euconulidae
Euconulus chersinus (Say, 1821)
Euconulus dentatus (Sterki, 1893)
Euconulus fulvus (Müller, 1774)
Euconulus trochulus (Reinhardt, 1883)
Guppya sterkii (Dall, 1888) 

Oxychilidae
Oxychilus cellarius (Müller, 1774) *
Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837) * 

Pristilomatidae
Hawaiia alachuana (Dall, 1885)
Hawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841)
Paravitrea blarina (Hubricht, 1963)
Paravitrea capsella (Gould, 1851)
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 (not reported yet)  

Milacidae
Milax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801)

Zonitidae
Glyphyalinia carolinensis (Cockerell, 1890)
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 sculptilis (Bland, 1858)
Glyphyalinia solida (H.B. Baker, 1930)
Glyphyalinia virginica (Morrison, 1937)
Glyphyalinia wheatleyi (Bland, 1883)
Mesomphix capnodes (W. G. Binney, 1857)
Mesomphix cupreus (Rafinesque, 1831)
Mesomphix inornatus (Say, 1821)
Mesomphix perlaevis (Pilsbry, 1900)
Mesomphix rugeli (W. G. Binney, 1879)
Mesomphix subplanus (A. Binney, 1842)
Nesovitrea electrina (Gould, 1841)
Vitrinizonites latissimus (J. Lewis, 1875)  

Limacidae
Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758 *

Agriolimacidae
Deroceras invadens (Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2011)* **
Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)
Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774) *

Arionidae
Arion hortensis Férussac, 1819 *
Arion intermedius (Normand, 1852) *
Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805)

Philomycidae
Megapallifera mutabilis (Hubricht, 1951)
Megapallifera wetherbyi (W.G. Binney, 1874)
Pallifera dorsalis (A. Binney, 1842)
Pallifera fosteri F.C. Baker, 1939
Pallifera hemphilli (W.G. Binney, 1885)
Pallifera secreta (Cockerell, 1900)
Pallifera varia Hubricht, 1953
Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802)
Philomycus flexuolaris Rafinesque, 1820
Philomycus togatus (Gould, 1841)
Philomycus venustus (Hubricht, 1953)
Philomycus virginicus Hubricht, 1953  

Helicidae
Cepaea hortensis (Müller, 1774)
Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) *
Helix aspersa (Müller, 1774) * 

Hygromiidae
Candidula intersecta (Poiret, 1801) *
Cernuella virgata (da Costa, 1778) * 

Polygyridae
Allogona profunda (Say, 1821)
Appalachina sayana (Pilsbry, 1906)
Daedalochila plicata (Say, 1821)
Euchemotrema fraternum (Say, 1824)
Euchemotrema leai (A. Binney, 1841)
Fumonelix christyi (Bland, 1860)
Fumonelix wheatleyi (Bland, 1860) 
Inflectarius inflectus (Say, 1821)
Inflectarius kalmianus (Hubricht, 1965)
Inflectarius rugeli (Shuttleworth, 1852)
Lobosculum pustuloides (Bland, 1858)
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)
Millerelix plicata (Say, 1821)
Neohelix albolabris (Say, 1817)
Neohelix dentifera (A. Binney, 1837)
Neohelix major (A. Binney, 1837)
Neohelix solemi (Emberton, 1988)
Patera appressa (Say, 1821)
Patera laevior (Pilsbry, 1940)
Patera panselenus (Hubricht, 1976)
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 spinosum (Lea, 1830)
Stenotrema stenotrema (Pfeiffer, 1842)
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 tennesseensis (Walker and Pilsbry, 1902)
Triodopsis tridentata (Say, 1816)
Triodopsis vulgata Pilsbry, 1940
Xolotrema denotatum (Férussac, 1821)