List of non-marine molluscs of the United States

The non-marine mollusks of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

are a part of the molluscan fauna of the United States

Fauna of the United States

The Fauna of the United States covers a wide variety of species.-Discussions by state:* Fauna of Alabama* Fauna of Alaska* Fauna of Arizona* Fauna of Arkansas* Fauna of California* Fauna of Colorado* Fauna of Connecticut* Fauna of Delaware...

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Summary table of number of species:

	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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	?

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.

Common name	Scientific name	Home range	status
Tumbling creek cavesnail Tumbling creek cavesnail The Tumbling Creek cavesnail, Antrobia culveri, is a species of freshwater cave snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.Antrobia culveri is the only species in the genus Antrobia....	Antrobia culveri	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...	E
Anthony's riversnail	Athearnia anthonyi Athearnia anthonyi Athearnia anthonyi is a rare species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae. Its common name is Anthony's riversnail. It is native to three rivers in the Tennessee River system in the United States: the main branch and the Sequatchie River and Limestone Creek....	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland... , Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...	E
Pecos Assiminea snail	Assiminea pecos Assiminea pecos Assiminea pecos is a rare species of snail in the family Assimineidae known by the common name Pecos assiminea. It is native to New Mexico and Texas in the United States. Specimens known from Mexico are now treated as members of a separate species, Assiminea cienegensis...	New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S... , Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... (in salt marshes)	E
Slender campeloma Slender campeloma The slender campeloma, scientific name Campeloma decampi, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae....	Campeloma decampi	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	E
Lacy elimia Lacy elimia The lacy elimia also known as the lacey elimia, scientific name Elimia crenatella, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae....	Elimia crenatella	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	T
Newcomb's snail Newcomb's snail Newcomb's snail, scientific name Erinna newcombi, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii, in the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers...	Erinna newcombi	Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...	T
Koster's springsnail/Koster's tryonia Koster's tryonia Koster's tryonia, scientific name Tryonia kosteri, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to New Mexico in the United States....	Juturnia kosteri/Tryonia kosteri	New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...	E
Banbury Springs lanx Banbury Springs lanx The Banbury Springs lanx, or Banbury Springs limpet, is a rare species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae...	Lanx n. sp. (undescribed taxon Undescribed taxon In taxonomy, an undescribed taxon is a taxon that has been discovered, but not yet formally described and named. The various Nomenclature Codes specify the requirements for a new taxon to be validly described and named. Until such a description has been published, the taxon has no formal or... )	Idaho Idaho Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....	E
Round rocksnail	Leptoxis ampla Leptoxis ampla Leptoxis ampla, common name the round rocksnail, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.This species is endemic to the United States, specifically the state of Alabama...	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	T
Plicate rocksnail Plicate rocksnail The plicate rocksnail, scientific name Leptoxis plicata, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae....	Leptoxis plicata	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	E
Painted rocksnail Painted rocksnail The painted rocksnail, scientific name Leptoxis taeniata, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae....	Leptoxis taeniata	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	T
Cylindrical lioplax Cylindrical lioplax The cylindrical lioplax, scientific name Lioplax cyclostomaformis, is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.This species is endemic to the United States.- Description :...	Lioplax cyclostomaformis	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	E
Flat pebblesnail Flat pebblesnail The flat pebblesnail, scientific name Lepyrium showalteri, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.This species is endemic to the United States...	Lepyrium showalteri	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	E
Royal marstonia Royal marstonia Marstonia ogmorhaphe is a rare species of freshwater snail known by the common names royal marstonia and royal springsnail. It is endemic to Tennessee in the United States, where it occurs in two streams in Marion County...	Marstonia ogmoraphe (listed as Pyrgulopsis ogmorhaphe)	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...	E
Armored marstonia Armored marstonia The armored marstonia, scientific name Marstonia pachyta, also known as Pyrgulopsis pachyta, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae....	Marstonia pachyta (listed as Pyrgulopsis pachyta)	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	E
Snake river physa snail Snake river physa snail The snake river physa snail is a species of a freshwater snail, a gastropod in the family Physidae. It is endemic to Idaho in the United States....	Physa natricina	Idaho Idaho Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....	E
Bruneau Hot Springsnail Bruneau hot springsnail The Bruneau hot springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis, is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is thermal springs...	Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis	Idaho Idaho Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....	E
Socorro springsnail Socorro springsnail The Socorro springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis neomexicana, is an endangered species of minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails....	Pyrgulopsis neomexicana	New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...	E
Roswell springsnail Roswell springsnail The Roswell springsnail is a species of freshwater gastropod in the Hydrobiidae family. It is endemic to New Mexico in the United States.- External links :*...	Pyrgulopsis roswellensis	New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...	E
Bliss Rapids snail	Taylorconcha serpenticola	Idaho Idaho Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....	T
Alamosa springsnail Alamosa springsnail Tryonia alamosae, common name the Alamosa springsnail, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae....	Tryonia alamosae	New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...	E
Alabama Live-bearing snail	Tulotoma magnifica	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...	E
Utah roundmouth snail Utah roundmouth snail The Utah roundmouth snail, also known as the Utah valvata or desert valvata, scientific name Valvata utahensis, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.This species of snail is endemic to the United...	Valvata utahensis	Idaho Idaho Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state.... , extirpaded from Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...	E

Federally endangered or threatened land gastropods

Common name	Scientific name	Home range	status
Oʻahu tree snails	Achatinella spp.	Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...	E
Painted Snake Coiled Forest snail	Anguispira picta	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...	T
Iowa Pleistocene snail	Discus macclintocki Discus macclintocki The Iowa Pleistocene snail, also known as the Pleistocene disk, scientific name Discus macclintocki, is a very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk....	Illinois Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... , Iowa Iowa Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...	E
Morro Shoulderband snail	Helminthoglypta walkeriana	California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	E
Magazine Mountain shagreen	Mesodon magazinensis	Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...	T
Chittenango ovate amber snail Chittenango ovate amber snail The Chittenango ovate amber snail, scientific name Novisuccinea chittenangoensis, is a species of small air-breathing land snail in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. This species was discovered in 1905, and was reported three years later as a subspecies of the oval ambersnail, Succinea ovalis...	Novisuccinea chittenangoensis	New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...	T
Stock Island tree snail	Orthalicus reses Orthalicus reses Orthalicus reses, common name the Stock Island treesnail, is a species of large tropical air-breathing land snail, a tree snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.... (not include O. r. nesodryas)	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	T
Kanab Ambersnail	Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis	Arizona Arizona Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix... , Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...	E
Noonday globe	Patera clarki nantahala Patera clarki nantahala Patera clarki nantahala, common names the noonday globe, noonday snail or noonday helix, is a subspecies of the species Patera clarki, a medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.The name "nantahala" is a Cherokee word which means...	North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...	T
Virginia fringed mountain snail	Polygyriscus virginianus	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...	E
Flat-spired three-toothed snail Flat-spired three-toothed snail The flat-spired three-toothed snail — also known as the Cheat three-toothed snail after the Cheat River in West Virginia — is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.- Description :The color of the body of the animal in this...	Triodopsis platysayoides	West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...	T

Freshwater gastropods

This list is currently unsorted by specific state.

Amnicolidae

Amnicolidae

Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.This family is in the superfamily Rissooidea and in the clade Littorinimorpha...

Amnicola cora
Amnicola cora
Amnicola cora is a species of very small freshwater snail which has an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda ....

Pleuroceridae

Pleuroceridae, common name pleurocerids, is a family of small to medium-sized freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea.These snails have an operculum and typically a robust high-spired shell....

Lithasia armigera - armigerous river snail or armored rocksnail
Lithasia curta) - knobby rocksnail
Knobby rocksnail
The knobby rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia curta, is a species of [medium-sized freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States....
Lithasia duttoniana - Dutton's river snail
Dutton's river snail
Dutton's river snail also known as the helmet rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia duttoniana, is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States....
Lithasia geniculata - geniculate river snail
Geniculate river snail
The geniculate river snail or ornate rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia geniculata, is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States....
Lithasia jayana - Jay's river snail
Jay's river snail
Jay's river snail also known as the rugose rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia jayana, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae, the hornsnails. This speciet is endemic to the United States....
Lithasia lima - Elk River file snail
Elk River file snail
The Elk River file snail also known as the warty rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia lima, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States....
Lithasia salebrosa - muddy rocksnail
Muddy rocksnail
The muddy rocksnail, also known as the rugged river snail, scientific name Lithasia salebrosa, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States....
Lithasia verrucosa varicose rocksnail
Varicose rocksnail
The varicose rocksnail also known as the verrucose file snail, scientific name Lithasia verrucosa, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States....

Hydrobiidae

Hydrobiidae, common name mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Distribution :...

Tryonia alamosae - Alamosa springsnail
Marstonia pachyta - armored marstonia
Armored marstonia
The armored marstonia, scientific name Marstonia pachyta, also known as Pyrgulopsis pachyta, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae....

- synonym: Pyrgulopsis pachyta
Pyrgulopsis erythropoma - Ash Meadows pebblesnail
Somatogyrus humerosus - atlas pebblesnail

Planorbidae

Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks....

Physidae

Physidae, common name bladder snails, are a monophyletic taxonomic family of small freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the clade Hygrophila....

Lymnaeidae

Lymnaeidae is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila....

Land gastropods

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

Polygyridae

Polygyridae

Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.The Polygyridae make up a significant proportion of the land snail fauna of eastern North America, and are also found in western North America, northern Central America, and...

Mesodon archeri - Archer's toothed land snail

Helicidae

The Helicidae, sometimes known as the typical snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large, air-breathing, land snails. In other words, they are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....

External links

Michigan
- Walker B. 1899. The terrestrial Mollusca of Michigan. 27 pp.
- Walker B. & Ruthven A. G.
  Alexander Grant Ruthven
  Alexander Grant Ruthven was the President of the University of Michigan from 1929 to 1951.-Biography:Alexander Grant Ruthven was born in 1882. In 1906, he received a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Michigan. He worked as a professor, director of the University Museum, and Dean. He became...
  
  1906. Anootated list of the molluscs of the Porcupine Mountains and Isle Royale, Michigan. Ecology of Northern Michigan. pages 93-99.
Pennsylvania - land gastropods
southern Illinois - land gastropods

Kathryn E. Perez. (last edited September 12, 2006) Land Snail List for Texas.
Utah
at http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/publications/ Special Status Faunal Species in Virginia
Official List of Virginia Native and Naturalized Species
Wisconsin
Federally listed gastropods (include one marine)
Federally listed bivalves

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Federally endangered or threatened freshwater gastropods

Federally endangered or threatened land gastropods

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

See also

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