Virginia Land Snails

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

Alphabetical Index

Below are all of Virginia’s land snails, listed alphabetically. You can sample the 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
Allogona profunda (Say, 1821)
Anguispira alternata (Say, 1816)
Anguispira fergusoni (Bland, 1861)
Anguispira jessica (Pfeiffer, 1821)
Anguispira kochi (Pfeiffer, 1821)
Anguispira mordax (Shuttleworth, 1852)
Anguispira rugoderma Hubricht, 1938 **
Appalachina sayana (Pilsbry, 1906)
Anguispira strongylodes (Pfeiffer, 1854)
Arion hortensis Férussac, 1819 *
Arion intermedius (Normand, 1852) *
Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805) *  

C
Candidula intersecta (Poiret, 1801) *
Carychium clappi Hubricht, 1959
Carychium exiguum (Say, 1822)
Carychium exile I. Lea, 1842
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 virgata (da Costa, 1778) *
Cochlicopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)
Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838)
Cochlicopa morseana (Doherty, 1878)
Columella simplex (Gould, 1840) 

D
Daedalochila plicata (Say, 1821)
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 whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864) 

E
Euchemotrema fraternum (Say, 1824)
Euchemotrema leai (A. Binney, 1841)
Euconulus chersinus (Say, 1821)
Euconulus dentatus (Sterki, 1893)
Euconulus fulvus (Müller, 1774)
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 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)
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)
Helix aspersa (Müller, 1774) *
Hendersonia occulta (Say, 1831) 

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

L
Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758 *
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)
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 perlaevis (Pilsbry, 1900)
Mesomphix rugeli (W. G. Binney, 1879)
Mesomphix subplanus (A. Binney, 1842)
Milax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801) *

N
Neohelix albolabris (Say, 1817)
Neohelix dentifera (A. Binney, 1837)
Neohelix major (A. Binney, 1837)
Neohelix solemi (Emberton, 1988)
Nesovitrea electrina (Gould, 1841)
Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817) 

O
Opeas pyrgula Schmacker & Boettger, 1891 *
Oxychilus cellarius (Müller, 1774) *
Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837) *
Oxyloma effusum (Pfeiffer, 1853)
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 secreta (Cockerell, 1900)
Pallifera varia Hubricht, 1953
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
Patera appressa (Say, 1821)
Patera laevior (Pilsbry, 1940)
Patera panselenus (Hubricht, 1976)
Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802)
Philomycus flexuolaris Rafinesque, 1820
Philomycus togatus (Gould, 1841)
Philomycus venustus (Hubricht, 1953)
Philomycus virginicus Hubricht, 1953
Polygyriscus virginianus (Burch, 1947)
Pomatiopsis cincinnatiensis (I. Lea, 1840)
Pomatiopsis lapidaria (Say, 1817)
Punctum blandianum (Pilsbry, 1900)
Punctum minutissimum (I. Lea, 1841)
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 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 labyrinthicus (Say, 1817)
Strobilops texasianus Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906
Succinea wilsonii I. Lea, 1864 

T
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 

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 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) **
Vitrinizonites latissimus (J. Lewis, 1875) 

X
Xolotrema denotatum (Férussac, 1821) 

Z
Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1816)
Zonitoides elliotti (Redfield, 1856)