Northeast Florida Terrestrial Mollusks Checklist


- 70 native; 8 introduced; 78 species in toto. \| Updated on 5/18/07 -
The following is a thorough inventory of land snails (including slugs) collected in Northeast Florida (the counties of Nassau, Duval, Clay, and St. Johns) by Harry G. Lee from 1975 to present. The first group of species is native; the second is comprised of introduced species. Phylogenetic arrangement follows most contemporary authors.

Helicina (Olygyra) orbiculata Say, 1818 Globular Drop Leidyula floridana (Leidy, 1851) Florida Leatherleaf Carychium mexicanum Pilsbry, 1891 Southern Thorn Columella simplex (Gould, 1841) Toothless Column Gastrocopta contracta (Say, 1822) Bottleneck Snaggletooth Gastrocopta corticaria (Say, 1817) Bark Snaggletooth Gastrocopta pellucida (Pfeiffer, 1841) Slim Snaggletooth Gastrocopta pentodon (Say, 1821) Comb Snaggletooth Gastrocopta rupicola (Say, 1821) Tapered Snaggletooth Gastrocopta servilis (Gould, 1843) Wandering Snag Gastrocopta tappaniana (C.B. Adams, 1841) White Snaggletooth Pupisoma dioscoricola (C.B. Adams, 1845) Yam Babybody Scanning Electron Micrographs Pupisoma mcneilli (Clapp, 1918) Gulf Babybody Pupoides albilabris (C.B. Adams, 1841) White-lip Dagger Pupoides modicus (Gould, 1848) Island Dagger Vertigo cf. alabamensis Clapp, 1915 Alabama Vertigo Vertigo milium (Gould, 1840) Blade Vertigo Vertigo oralis Sterki, 1898 Palmetto Vertigo Vertigo oscariana Sterki, 1890 Capital Vertigo Vertigo ovata Say, 1822 Ovate Vertigo Group Photograph Vertigo rugosula Sterki, 1890, Striate Vertigo [Sinistral] Vertigo teskeyae Hubricht, 1961 Swamp Vertigo Strobilops aeneus Pilsbry, 1926 Bronze Pinecone Strobilops hubbardi (A.D. Brown, 1861) Flattened Pinecone Strobilops texasianus Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906 Southern Pinecone Catinella oklahomarum (Webb, 1954) Detritus Ambersnail Catinella vermeta (Say, 1829) Suboval Ambersnail Oxyloma effusum (Pfeiffer, 1853) Coastal Plain Ambersnail Succinea campestris Say, 1818 Crinkled Ambersnail Succinea cf. indiana Pilsbry, 1905 cf. Xeric Ambersnail Succinea paralia Hubricht, 1983 Saltmarsh Ambersnail Succinea unicolor Tryon, 1866 Squatty Ambersnail Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802) Carolina Mantleslug Helicodiscus notius notius Hubricht, 1962 Tight Coil Helicodiscus parallelus (Say, 1821) Compound Coil Group Image Lucilla cf. singleyana (Pilsbry, 1889) cf. Smooth Coil Punctum minutissimum (Lea, 1841) Small Spot Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774) Meadow Slug Dryachloa dauca Thompson and Lee, 1981 Carrot Glass Euconulus chersinus (Say, 1821) Wild Hive Euconulus trochulus (Reinhart, 1883) Silk Hive In Situ Euconulus dentatus & E. trochulus Comparison Guppya gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1840) Glossy Granule **Guppya sterkii (Dall, 1888) Sterki's Granule Glyphyalinia solida (H. B. Baker, 1930) Imperforate Glyph*** Glyphyalinia umbilicata (Singley in Cockerell, 1893) Texas Glyph Hawaiia alachuana (Dall, 1885) Southeast Gem Hawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841) Minute Gem Group In Situ Mesomphix globosus (McMillan, 1940) Globose Button Nesovitrea dalliana (Pilsbry & Simpson, 1888) Depressed Glass Striatura meridionalis (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906) Southern Striate Ventridens cerinoideus (Anthony, 1862) Wax Dome [Sinistral] **Ventridens demissus (A. Binney, 1843) Perforate Dome** Ventridens volusiae (Pilsbry, 1900) Seminole Dome Additional Specimen In Situ In Situ Juvenile Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817) Quick Gloss Euglandina rosea (Férussac, 1821) Rosy Wolfsnail Species Discussion Drymaeus dormani (Binney, 1852) Manatee Treesnail Daedalochila auriculata (Say, 1818) Ocala Liptooth Daedalochila avara (Say, 1818) Florida Liptooth [Sinistral] Daedalochila hausmani (Jackson, 1948) Dixie Liptooth Daedalochila peninsulae (Pilsbry, 1940) St. Johns Liptooth Daedalochila subclausa (Pilsbry, 1899) Suwanee Liptooth Lobosculum pustula (Férussac, 1832) Grooved Liptooth Lobosculum pustuloides (Bland, 1858) Tiny Liptooth Mesodon thyroidus (Say, 1817) White-lip Globe Polygyra cereolus (Mühlfeld, 1816) Southern Flatcoil [Sinistral] Polygyra septemvolva Say, 1818 Florida Flatcoil [Sinistral] Praticolella jejuna (Say, 1821) Florida Scrubsnail Praticolella mobiliana (Lea, 1841) Choctaw Scrubsnail Triodopsis hopetonensis (Shuttleworth, 1852) Magnolia Threetooth Triodopsis messana Hubricht, 1952 Pinhole Threetooth

*species not listed in Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams, 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.