Checklist of the Land Snails and Slugs of British Columbia
Included in this checklist are 98 species of land snails and slugs known from BC. Additional, unconfirmed species are ommitted here. Those species with an asterisk (*) are introduced. 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 † – photo
- 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)* –photo
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 (von Martens, 1830)
- Gastrocopta (Albinula) holzingeri (Sterki, 1889)
- Nearctula species, =Vertigo rowelli of Pilsbry 1948
- Vertigo (Vertigo) andrusiana Pilsbry, 1899
- Vertigo (Vertigo) arthuri 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) – photo
» 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) – photo
- Discus (Patula) rotundatus (Müller, 1774)*
Family OREOHELICIDAE
- Oreohelix strigosa (Gould, 1846) – photo
- 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)* – photo
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) – photo
- Deroceras (Deroceras) panormitanum (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882)* – photo
- Deroceras (Deroceras) reticulatum (Müller, 1774)* – photo
Family BOETTGERILLIDAE
- Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912*
Family LIMACIDAE
- Lehmannia valentiana (Férussac in Férussac & Deshayes, 1822)*
- Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)*
- Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758* – photo
Family VITRINIDAE
- Vitrina pellucida (Müller, 1774) – photo
» Superfamily Arionoidea
Family ANADENIIDAE [Arionidae]
- Kootenaia burkei Leonard, Chichester, Baugh & Wilke, 2003 †
- Prophysaon (Mimetarion) vanattae Pilsbry, 1948
- Prophysaon (Prophysaon) andersonii (Cooper, 1872) – photo
- Prophysaon (Prophysaon) coeruleum Cockerell, 1890
- Prophysaon (Prophysaon) foliolatum (Gould in A. Binney, 1851) – photo
Family ARIONIDAE
- Arion (Arion) rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)* – photo
- 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)* – photo
Family ARIOLIMACIDAE [Arionidae]
- Ariolimax (Ariolimax) columbianus (Gould in A. Binney, 1851) – photo
- Magnipelta mycophaga Pilsbry, 1953 – photo
- Zacoleus idahoensis Pilsbry, 1903 †
Family BINNEYIDAE [Arionidae]
- Hemphillia camelus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1897
- Hemphillia dromedarius Branson, 1972
- Hemphillia glandulosa Bland & W.G. Binney, 1872 – photo
- Staala gwaii Ovaska, Chichester & Sopuck, 2010 †
» Superfamily Helicoidea
Family HELICIDAE
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) – photo
Family THYSANOPHORIDAE
- Microphysula cookei (Pilsbry, 1922)
- Microphysula ingersollii (Bland, 1875) – photo
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† Not included in Land Snails of British Columbia.
* An introduced species.
