Land snails of Wisconsin

Images taken by: Jeffrey Nekola and Matt Kuchta for UWL.

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Scientific Name Common Name Global Rank  State Rank WI Status Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5
Allogona profunda Broad-banded Forestsnail G5 S2S3 SC/N      
Anguispira alternata Flamed Disc G5 S5          
Carychium exiguum Obese Thorn G5 S5          
Carychium exile Ice Thorn G5 S5          
Catinella avara Suboval Ambersnail G5 SU        
Catinella exile Pleistocene Catinella G2 SU SC/N      
Catinella wandae / 
Catinella gelida
Frigid Ambersnail G1 SU SC/N      
Cochlicopa lubrica Glossy Pillar G5 S4S5          
Cochlicopa lubricella Thin Pillar G5 S3?        
Cochlicopa morseana Appalachian Pillar G5 S2 SC/N        
Columella simplex High Spire Column G5Q S4S5        
Discus catskillensis Angular Disc G5 S4S5      
Discus cronkhitei Forest Disc G5 SU      
Discus patulus Domed Disc G5 SU SC/N    
Euchemotrema fraternum Upland Pillsnail G5 S5        
Euchemotrema leai Lowland Pillsnail G5 S3? SC/N      
Euconulus alderi A Terrestrial Snail G4Q SU SC/N
Euconulus fulvus Brown Hive G5 S5  
Euconulus polygyratus Fat Hive G5 S3? SC/N  
Gastrocopta abbreviata   G4 SNR          
Gastrocopta armifera Armed Snaggletooth G5 S5          
Gastrocopta contracta Bottleneck Snaggletooth G5 S5          
Gastrocopta corticaria Bark Snaggletooth G5 S3S4          
Gastrocopta holzingeri Lambda Snaggletooth G5 S5          
Gastrocopta pentodon Comb Snaggletooth G5 S5          
Gastrocopta procera Wing Snaggletooth G5 S3 THR        
Gastrocopta rogersensis A Snaggletooth Snail G3G4 SNR          
Gastrocopta similis Great Lakes Snaggletooth G5 SNR          
Gastrocopta tappaniana White Snaggletooth G5 S4          
Glyphyalinia indentata Carved Glyph G5 S5        
Glyphyalinia rhoadsi Sculpted Glyph G5 S2 SC/N      
Glyphyalinia wheatleyi Bright Glyph G5 S1 SC/N    
Guppya sterkii Brilliant Granule G5 S2S3 SC/N    
Haplotrema concavum Gray-foot Lancetooth G5 S3S4            
Hawaiia minuscula Minute Gem G5 S5      
Lucilla inermis  (formerlyHelicodiscus) Oldfield Coil G4 SNA      
Helicodiscus parallelus Compound Coil G5 S5      
Helicodiscus shimeki Temperate Coil G4G5 S4S5      
Lucilla singleyanus (formerlyHelicodiscus) Smooth Coil G5 S3 SC/N    
Hendersonia occulta Cherrystone Drop G4 S2S3 THR  
Mesodon clausus Yellow Globelet G5 S4S5            
Mesodon thyroidus White-lip Globelet G5 S5        
Mesodon zaletus Toothed Globelet G5 SNA            
Neohelix albolabris Whitelip G5 S5          
Nesovitrea binneyana Blue Glass G5 S3S4        
Nesovitrea electrina Amber Glass G5 S4S5        
Oxychilus cellarius Cellar Glass-snail G5 SNA        
Oxychilus draparnaudi Dark-bodied Glass-snail G5 SNA        
Oxyloma retusum Blunt Ambersnail G5 SU        
Oxyloma salleanum Louisiana Ambersnail                
Paravitrea multidentata Dentate Supercoil G5 S2S3 SC/N    
Paravitrea multidentata form lamellata Dentate Supercoil G5 S2S3 SC/N        
Planogyra asteriscus Eastern Flat-whorl G4 S1 SC/N  
Pomatiopsis lapidaria Slender Walker G5 SNR          
Punctum minutissimum Small Spot G5 S5      
Punctum vitreum Glass Spot G5 S4        
Pupilla muscorum muscorum Widespread Column G5 SNA          
Pupoides albilabris White-lip Dagger G5 S3S4 SC/N        
Rabdotus dealbatus dealbatus Whitewashed Rabdotus G5 SNA            
Stenotrema barbatum Bristled Slitmouth G5 S3        
Stenotrema hirsutum Hairy Slitmouth G5 SNA            
Striatura exigua Ribbed Striate G5 S2S3 SC/N    
Striatura ferrea Black Striate G5 S2 SC/N    
Striatura milium Fine-ribbed Striate G5 S4      
Strobilops aeneus Bronze Pinecone G5 S1 SC/N    
Strobilops affinis Eightfold Pinecone G4G5 S3 SC/N    
Strobilops labyrinthicus Maze Pinecone G5 S5    
Succinea forsheyi An Ambersnail G4 SU            
Succinea ovalis group Oval Ambersnail G5 SU        
Triodopsis tridentata Northern Threetooth G5 SNA            
Triodopsis vulgata Dished Threetooth G5 SNA            
Vallonia costata Costate Vallonia G5 S5        
Vallonia excentrica Oval Vallonia G5 S3 SC/N      
Vallonia gracilicosta Multirib Vallonia G5Q SNR        
Vallonia parvula Trumpet Vallonia G4 S2? SC/N    
Vallonia perspectiva Thin-lip Vallonia G4G5 S3 SC/N      
Vallonia pulchella Lovely Vallonia G5 S4        
Vertigo arthuri form arthuri                
Vertigo hubrichti Midwest Pleistocene Vertigo G3 S1 END      
Vertigo paradoxa Mystery Vertigo G4G5Q S1 SC/N        
Vertigo bollesiana Delicate Vertigo G4 S3 SC/N        
Vertigo cristata   G5 S3 SC/N      
Vertigo elatior Tapered Vertigo G5 S3 SC/N        
Vertigo gouldii Variable Vertigo G5 S4          
Vertigo meramecensis                
Vertigo milium Blade Vertigo G5 S4          
Vertigo modesta form 
parietalis
Cross Vertigo G5 SU            
Vertigo modesta modesta Cross Vertigo G5 S1 SC/N          
Vertigo morsei Six-whorl Vertigo G3 S1 SC/N        
Vertigo nylanderi Deep-throated Vertigo G3G4 S1S2 SC/N      
Vertigo ovata Ovate Vertigo G5 S3?          
Vertigo perryi Olive Vertigo G3G4 SNR          
Vertigo pygmaea Crested Vertigo G5 S4          
Vertigo tridentata Honey Vertigo G5 S3 SC/N        
Vitrina angelicae (formerly V. limpida) Transparent Vitrine Snail G5 S1 SC/N    
Webbhelix multilineata Striped Whitelip G5 S5            
Zonitoides arboreus Quick Gloss G5 S5        
Zonitoides limatulus Dull Gloss G4G5 S1S2 SC/N    
Zonitoides nitidus Black Gloss G5 S4S5        
Zoogenetes harpa Boreal Top G5 S1 SC/N        

 

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