Checklist of the terrestrial snails & slugs of British Columbia
Included in this checklist are 98 species of land snails and slugs known from BC. Additional, unconfirmed species are omitted here. Those species with an asterisk (*) are introduced, and those marked with a dagger (†) are not in Land Snails of British Columbia. An expanded systematic list and an alphabetical list with common names, mirrored on the E-Fauna BC site, are available as a PDF here.
» Superfamily Ellobioidea
Family ELLOBIIDAE [Carychiidae]
- Carychium minimum Müller, 1774 *
- Carychium occidentale Pilsbry, 1891
- Carychium tridentatum (Risso, 1826)* †
» Superfamily Succineoidea
Family SUCCINEIDAE
- Mediappendix vermeta (Say, 1829)
- Novisuccinea strigata (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) †
- Oxyloma groenlandicum (Möller, 1842)
- Oxyloma hawkinsii (Baird, 1863)
- Oxyloma nuttallianum (I. Lea, 1841)
» Superfamily Cochlicopoidea
Family COCHLICOPIDAE [Cionellidae]
- Cochlicopa (Cochlicopa) lubrica (Müller, 1774)
» Superfamily Pupilloidea
Family LAURIIDAE
- Lauria (Lauria) cylindracea (da Costa, 1778) *
Family VALLONIIDAE
- Planogyra clappi (Pilsbry, 1898)
- Vallonia cyclophorella Sterki, 1892
- Vallonia excentrica Sterki in Pilsbry, 1893*
- Vallonia gracilicosta Reinhardt, 1883
- Vallonia pulchella (Müller, 1774)*
- Zoogenetes harpa (Say, 1824)
Family PUPILLIDAE
- Pupilla (Pupilla) hebes (Ancey, 1881)
Family VERTIGINIDAE
- Columella edentula (Draparnaud, 1805)
- Columella columella (G. von Martens, 1830)
- Gastrocopta (Albinula) holzingeri (Sterki, 1889)
- Nearctula species, = Vertigo rowelli of Pilsbry 1948
- Vertigo (Vertigo) andrusiana Pilsbry, 1899
- Vertigo (Vertigo) arthuri E. von Martens, 1882
- Vertigo (Vertigo) columbiana Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1900
- Vertigo (Vertigo) cristata Sterki in Pilsbry, 1919
- Vertigo (Vertigo) elatior Sterki, 1893
- Vertigo (Vertigo) gouldii (A. Binney, 1843)
- Vertigo (Vertigo) modesta (Say, 1824)
- Vertigo (Vertigo) ovata (Say, 1822)
- Vertigo (Vertigo) species *
» Superfamily Haplotrematoidea
Family HAPLOTREMATIDAE
- Ancotrema hybridum (Ancey, 1888)
- Ancotrema sportella (Gould, 1846)
- Haplotrema (Ancomena) vancouverense (I. Lea, 1839)
» Superfamily Testacelloidea
Family TESTACELLIDAE
- Testacella haliotidea Draparnaud, 1801 *
» Superfamily Punctoidea
Family PUNCTIDAE
- Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
- Punctum (Punctum) randolphii (Dall, 1895)
Family DISCIDAE [Patulidae]
- Anguispira (Zonodiscus) kochi (Pfeiffer, 1821)
- Discus (Antediscus) shimekii (Pilsbry, 1890)
- Discus (Discus) whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864)
- Discus (Patula) rotundatus (Müller, 1774)*
Family OREOHELICIDAE
- Oreohelix strigosa (Gould, 1846)
- Oreohelix subrudis (Reeve, 1854)
» Superfamily Gastrodontoidea
Family EUCONULIDAE
- Euconulus (Euconulus) fulvus (Müller, 1774)
- Euconulus (Euconulus) praticola (Reinhardt, 1883)
Family GASTRODONTIDAE
- Striatura (Pseudohyalina) pugetensis (Dall, 1895)
- Zonitoides (Zonitellus) arboreus (Say, 1817)
- Zonitoides (Zonitoides) nitidus (Müller, 1774)
Family OXYCHILIDAE [Daudebardiidae]
- Aegopinella nitidula (Draparnaud, 1805) *
- Nesovitrea (Perpolita) binneyana (Morse, 1864)
- Nesovitrea (Perpolita) electrina (Gould, 1841)
- Oxychilus (Ortizius) alliarius (Miller, 1822)*
- Oxychilus (Oxychilus) cellarius (Müller, 1774)*
- Oxychilus (Oxychilus) draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)*
Family PRISTILOMATIDAE
- Pristiloma (Priscovitrea) chersinella (Dall, 1866)
- Pristiloma (Priscovitrea) johnsoni (Dall, 1895)
- Pristiloma (Pristiloma) lansingi (Bland, 1875)
- Pristiloma (Pristiloma) stearnsii (Bland, 1875)
- Pristiloma (Pristinopsis) arcticum (Lehnert, 1884)
- Vitrea (Crystallus) contracta (Westerlund, 1871)*
»Superfamily Limacoidea
Family AGRIOLIMACIDAE
- Deroceras (Deroceras) hesperium Pilsbry, 1944
- Deroceras (Deroceras) laeve (Müller, 1774)
- Deroceras (Deroceras) invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2011 * [= Deroceras panormitanum of authors]
- Deroceras (Deroceras) reticulatum (Müller, 1774) *
Family BOETTGERILLIDAE
- Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912*
Family LIMACIDAE
- Lehmannia valentiana (Férussac in Férussac & Deshayes, 1822)*
- Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)*
- Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758*
Family VITRINIDAE
- Vitrina pellucida (Müller, 1774)
» Superfamily Arionoidea
Family ANADENIIDAE [Arionidae]
- Kootenaia burkei Leonard, Chichester, Baugh & Wilke, 2003 †
- Prophysaon (Mimetarion) vanattae Pilsbry, 1948
- Prophysaon (Prophysaon) andersonii (Cooper, 1872)
- Prophysaon (Prophysaon) coeruleum Cockerell, 1890
- Prophysaon (Prophysaon) foliolatum (Gould in A. Binney, 1851)
Family ARIONIDAE
- Arion (Arion) rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)*
- Arion (Carinarion) circumscriptus Johnston, 1828
- Arion (Carinarion) silvaticus Lohmander, 1937*
- Arion (Kobeltia) distinctus Mabille, 1868*
- Arion (Kobeltia) hortensis (Férussac 1819)* †
- Arion (Kobeltia) intermedius Normand, 1852*
- Arion (Mesarion) subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805)*
Family ARIOLIMACIDAE [Arionidae]
- Ariolimax (Ariolimax) columbianus (Gould in A. Binney, 1851)
- Magnipelta mycophaga Pilsbry, 1953
- Zacoleus idahoensis Pilsbry, 1903 †
Family BINNEYIDAE [Arionidae]
- Hemphillia camelus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1897
- Hemphillia dromedarius Branson, 1972
- Hemphillia glandulosa Bland & W.G. Binney, 1872
- Staala gwaii Ovaska, Chichester & Sopuck, 2010 †
» Superfamily Helicoidea
Family HELICIDAE
- Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) *
- Cepaea (Cepaea) nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) *
Family HYGROMIIDAE
- Trochulus (Trochulus) striolatus (C. Pfeiffer, 1828) * †
Family MONADENIIDAE [Bradybaenidae]
- Monadenia (Monadenia) fidelis (Gray, 1834) [photo]
Family POLYGYRIDAE
- Allogona (Dysmedoma) ptychophora (Brown, 1870)
- Allogona (Dysmedoma) townsendiana (Lea, 1839)
- Cryptomastix (Cryptomastix) devia (Gould, 1846)
- Cryptomastix (Cryptomastix) mullani (Bland & Cooper, 1881)
- Cryptomastix (Micranepsia) germana (Gould in A. Binney, 1851)
- Vespericola columbianus (I. Lea, 1839)
Family THYSANOPHORIDAE
- Microphysula cookei (Pilsbry, 1922)
- Microphysula ingersollii (Bland, 1875)
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* An introduced species.
† Not included in Land Snails of British Columbia.