List of non-marine molluscs of Canada explained

The non-marine mollusks of Canada are a part of the molluscan fauna of Canada (wildlife of Canada). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Canada.

Freshwater gastropods

Valvatidae

• Valvata lewisi Currier, 1868^[1]
• Valvata lewisi lewisi^[2]
• Valvata sincera sincera^[2]
• Valvata tricarinata Say, 1817^{[1] [2]}

Lymnaeidae

• Bulimnea megasoma (Say, 1824)^[1]
• Fossaria dalli (F. C. Baker, 1907)^[2]
• Fossaria galbana (Say, 1825)^[2]
• Fossaria modicella (Say, 1825)^[2]
• Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)^{[1] [3]}
• Lymnaea stagnalis appressa (Say, 1821)^[2]
• Stagnicola caperata Say 1829^[2]
• Stagnicola catascopium catascopium^[2]
• Stagnicola elodes (Say, 1821)^[2]
• Stagnicola exilis (Lea, 1834)^[2]
• Stagnicola palustris (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]

Physidae

• Aplexa elongata (Say 1821)^[2]
• Aplexa hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]
• Physa skinneri Taylor, 1954^[2]
• Physella gyrina (Say, 1821)^[2]

Planorbidae

• Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863)^[2]
• Ferrissia parallela (Haldeman, 1841)^{[1] [2]}
• Ferrissia rivularis (Say, 1817)^[2]
• Gyraulus circumstriatus (Tryon, 1866)^[2]
• Gyraulus crista (Linnaeus, 1758)^{[1] [2]}
• Gyraulus deflectus (Say, 1824)^[2]
• Gyraulus parvus (Say, 1817)^{[1] [2]}
• Helisoma anceps anceps^[2]
• Helisoma antrosa (Conrad, 1834)^[1]
• Helisoma campanulata (Say, 1821)^[1]
• Helisoma trivolvis (Say, 1817)^[1]
• Menetus opercularis (Gould, 1847)^[2]
• Planorbella binneyi (Tryon, 1867)^[2]
• Planorbella pilsbryi infracarinatum (F.C. Baker, 1932)^[2]
• Planorbella subcrenata (Carpenter, 1857)^[2]
• Planorbella campanulata (Say, 1821)^[2]
• Planorbula armigera (Say, 1821)^{[1] [2]}
• Planorbula campestris (Dawson, 1875)^[2]
• Promenetus exacuous (Say, 1821)^[1]
• Promenetus exacuous exacuous^[2]
• Promenetus exacuous megas (Dall, 1905)^[2]
• Promenetus umbilicatellus (Cockerell, 1887)^[2]

Land gastropods

Ellobiidae

• Carychium exiguum (Say, 1822)^[4]
• Carychium exile H. C. Lea, 1842^[4]
• Carychium minimum O.F. Müller, 1774^[5]

Succineidae

• Mediappendix vermeta (Say, 1829)^[4]
• Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817)^[4]
• Oxyloma retusum (I. Lea, 1834)^[4]

Cochlicopidae

• Cochlicopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)^[4]

Lauriidae

• Lauria cylindracea (da Costa, 1778)

Pupillidae

• Pupilla blandii Morse, 1865
• Pupilla hudsonianum Nekola & Coles in Nekola, Coles & Horsák, 2015^[4]
• Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pupoides albilabris (C.B. Adams, 1841)

Strobilopsidae

• Strobilops labyrinthicus (Say, 1817)^[4]

Valloniidae

• Planogyra clappi Pilsbry, 1898
• Vallonia costata (Müller, 1774)
• Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893
• Vallonia gracilicosta Reinhardt, 1883^{[4] [6]}
• Vallonia pulchella (Müller, 1774)^[4]
• Zoogenetes harpa (Say, 1824)^[4]

Chondrinidae

• Columella columella (G. von Martens, 1830)^[4]
• Columella edentula (Draparnaud, 1805)^[4]

Vertiginidae

• Vertigo arthuri E. von Martens, 1882^[4]
• Vertigo bollesiana Morse, 1865
• Vertigo columbiana Pilsbry and Vanatta, 1900
• Vertigo cristata Sterki in Pilsbry, 1919^[4]
• Vertigo elatior Sterki, 1894^[4]
• Vertigo genesii (Gredler, 1856)^[4]
• Vertigo gouldii A. Binney, 1843
• Vertigo hannai Pilsbry, 1919^[4]
• Vertigo modesta (Say, 1824)^[4]
• Vertigo oughtoni Pilsbry, 1948^[4]

Ferussaciidae

• Cecilioides acicula (O.F. Müller, 1774)^[5]

Gastrocoptidae

• Gastrocopta contracta (Say, 1822)
• Gastrocopta pentodon (Say, 1822)
• Gastrocopta similis (Sterki, 1909)^[4]
• Gastrocopta tappaniana (C.B. Adams, 1841)^[4]

Punctidae

• Punctum minutissimum (I. Lea, 1841)^[4]
• Punctum randolphii Dall, 1895

Discidae

• Anguispira alternata (Say, 1816)^[7]
• Anguispira kochi (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)^[7]
• Discus catskillensis (Pilsbry, 1896)^[7]
• Discus shimekii (Pilsbry, 1890)^{[4] [6] [7]}
• Discus whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864)^{[4] [7]}

Helicodiscidae

• Helicodiscus parallelus (Say, 1821)^[7]

Oreohelicidae

• Oreohelix subrudis (Reeve, 1854)^[7]

Gastrodontidae

• Aegopinella nitidula (Draparnaud, 1805)^[8]
• Nesovitrea binneyana (Morse, 1864)^[4]
• Nesovitrea electrina (Gould, 1841)^[4]
• Striatura exigua (Stimpson, 1850)^[4]
• Striatura ferrea (Morse, 1864)
• Striatura milium (Morse, 1859)
• Striatura pugetensis Dall, 1895
• Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)^[4]
• Zonitoides nitidus (Müller, 1774)^[4]

Haplotrematidae

• Ancotrema hybridum Ancey, 1888
• Haplotrema concavum (Say, 1821)
• Haplotrema vancouverense I. Lea, 1839

Euconulidae

• Euconulus fulvus (Müller, 1774)^[4]
• Euconulus polygyratus (Pilsbry, 1899)
• Guppya sterkii (Dall, 1888)^[9]

Oxychilidae

• Oxychilus alliarius J.S. Miller, 1822^[8]
• Oxychilus cellarius (O.F. Müller, 1774)^[8]
• Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)^[8]

Pristilomatidae

• Paravitrea multidentata (A. Binney, 1841)^[9]
• Pristiloma lansingi Bland, 1875
• Pristiloma stearnsii Bland,1875
• Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1870)^[8]

Limacidae

• Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758^[8]

Agriolimacidae

• Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)^[4]
• Deroceras panormitanum (Lessona and Pollonera, 1882)^[8]
• Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774)^{[4] [8]}

Polygyridae

• Cryptomastix germana Gould in A. Binney, 1851
• Inflectarius inflectus (Say, 1821)
• Neohelix albolabris (Say, 1817)
• Neohelix dentifera (A. Binney, 1837)
• Patera appressa (Say, 1821)^[10]
• Vespericola columbianus I. Lea 1839
• Xolotrema denotatum (A. Férussac, 1821)^[10]

Boettgerillidae

• Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912^[8]

Vitrinidae

• Vitrina angelicae Beck, 1837^[4]

Arionidae

• Ariolimax columbianus Gould in A. Binney, 1851
• Arion ater (Linnaeus, 1758)^[11]
• Arion distinctus Mabille, 1868^[8]
• Arion hortensis (Férussac, 1819)^[8]
• Arion rufus Linnaeus, 1758
• Arion subfuscus Draparnaud,1805^[8]
• Hemphillia glandulosa Bland and W.G. Binney, 1872
• Prophysaon andersonii (J.G. Cooper, 1872)^[12]
• Prophysaon coeruleum Cockerell, 1890^[12]
• Prophysaon foliolatum Gould in A. Binney, 1851^[12]
• Prophysaon vanattae Pilsbry,1948^[12]
• Staala gwaii Ovaska, Chichester & Sopuck, 2010^[13]

Geomitridae

• Xerolenta obvia (Menke, 1828)^[14]

Helicidae

• Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)^{[10] [14]}

See also

• List of marine molluscs of Canada
• List of non-marine molluscs of the United States

Notes and References

1. Eva Pip & William F. Paulishyn (1971). "The ecology and distribution of Promenetus exacuous Say (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in southern Manitoba". Canadian Journal of Zoology 49(3): 367-372. DOI:10.1139/z71-053
2. David R. C. Prescott and Medea M. Curteanu (2004). "Survey of Aquatic Gastropods in the Central Parkland Subregion of Alberta". Alberta Species at Risk Report No. 92
3. D. A. Boag and P. S. M. Pearlstone (1979). "On the life cycle of Lymnaea stagnalis (Pulmonata: Gastropoda) in southwestern Alberta". Canadian Journal of Zoology 57(2): 353–362. https://doi.org/10.1139/z79-041
4. Robert G. Forsyth & Michael J. Oldham (2016). "Terrestrial molluscs from the Ontario Far North". Check List 12(3): 1881. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1881
5. Robert G. Forsyth, Michael J. Oldham & Fred Schueler (2008). "Mollusca, Gastropoda, Ellobiidae, Carychium minimum, and Ferussaciidae, Cecilioides acicula : Distribution extension and first provincial records of two introduced land snails in Ontario, Canada". Check List 4(4): 449-452. DOI:10.15560/4.4.449
6. Robert G. Forsyth & Dwayne A. W. Lepitzki (2015). "Terrestrial snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada". Check List 11(3): 1636. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/11.3.1636
7. Rodrigo B. Salvador, Fred J. Brook, Lara D. Shepherd, Martyn Kennedy (2020). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Punctoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 397-410.
8. Robert G. Forsyth, John M. C. Hutchinson & Heike Reise (2001). "Aegopinella nitidula (Draparnaud, 1805) (Gastropoda : Zonitidae) in British Columbia - first confirmed North American record". American Malacological Bulletin 16(1-2): 65-69.
9. Robert Forsyth, Annegret Nicolai (2018). "Guppya sterkii (Dall, 1888) (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Euconulidae) in eastern Ontario, Canada". Check List 14(4): 579-583. doi: 10.15560/14.4.579
10. Forsyth, Robert; Oldham, Michael; Schueler, Frederick; (2015). "Patera appressa (Say, 1821), an introduced land snail in Ontario, Canada (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Polygyridae)". Check List 11(2): 1583.
11. Louis-C. O'Neil (1964). "Occurrence of Arion ater (L.) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae) in Sherbrooke, Quebec". Canadian Journal of Zoology 42(6): 1161–1163. https://doi.org/10.1139/z64-116
12. Annegret Nicolai & Robert G. Forsyth (2020). "Introduced Prophysaon andersonii (J.G. Cooper, 1872) in Quebec, Canada: first record of Prophysaon (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Arionoidea) in eastern North America, confirmed by partial-COI gene sequence". Check List 16(2): 307-316. DOI:10.15560/16.2.307
13. Kristiina Ovaska, Lyle Chichester & Lennart Sopuck (2010). "Terrestrial gastropods from Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, Canada, including description of a new northern endemic slug (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Arionidae)". The Nautilus 124(1): 25–33.
14. Robert G. Forsyth, Michael J. Oldham, Eric Snyder, Frederick W. Schueler, Ross Layberry (2015). "Forty years later: distribution of the introduced Heath Snail, Xerolenta obvia, in Ontario, Canada (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)". Check List 11(4): 1-8. doi: 10.15560/11.4.1711