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Terrestrial Mollusks of Alabama

This guide is a reference for identifying all species of terrestrial mollusks reported from Alabama. If you have additions or corrections please send them to jpfriel@ua.edu.

flamed disc 1
Anguispira alternata
cumberland disc 2
Anguispira cumberlandiana
mountain disc
Anguispira jessica
southeastern tigersnail
Anguispira strongylodes
channelled disc
Discus clappi
Black Mountain disc
Discus nigrimontanus
domed disc 3
Discus patulus
wild hive 3
Euconulus chersinus
toothed hive
Euconulus dentatus
silk hive
Euconulus trochulus
Sterki's Granule
Guppya sterkii
carrot glass
Dryachloa dauca
burrowing coil
Helicodiscus aldrichianus
fringed coil
Helicodiscus fimbriatus
cricket coil
Helicodiscus hadenoecus
oldfield coil
Helicodiscus inermis
tight coil
Helicodiscus notius
compound coil 3
Helicodiscus parallelus
smooth coil
Helicodiscus singleyanus
brown spot
Punctum blandianum
small spot 3
Punctum minutissimum
lamellate spot
Punctum smithi
glass spot
Punctum vitreum
decollate snail 4
Rumina decollata
appalachian pillar
Cochlicopa morseana
white-lip dagger 3
Pupoides albilabris
high-spire column
Columella simplex
plains snaggletooth
Gastrocopta abbreviata
armed snaggletooth 3
Gastrocopta armifera
bluegrass snaggletooth
Gastrocopta clappi
bottleneck snaggletooth 3
Gastrocopta contracta
bark snaggletooth 3
Gastrocopta corticaria
comb snaggletooth 5
Gastrocopta pentodon
wing snaggletooth
Gastrocopta procera
Gulf Coast snaggletooth
Gastrocopta riparia
tapered snaggletooth
Gastrocopta rupicola
white snaggletooth
Gastrocopta tappaniana
yam babybody
Pupisoma dioscoricola
Gulf babybody
Pupisoma macneilli
Alabama vertigo
Vertigo alabamensis
blade vertigo 6
Vertigo milium
capital vertigo 3
Vertigo oscariana
grassland whorl snail 7
Vertigo ovata
striate vertigo
Vertigo rugosula
swamp vertigo
Vertigo teskeyae
Strobilops aenea 5
flattened pinecone
Strobilops hubbardi
Maze Pinecone
Strobilops labyrinthica
diurnal ambersnail
Catinella aprica
Catinella avara
detritus ambersnail
Catinella oklahomarum
weedpatch ambersnail
Catinella pugilator
crinkled ambersnail
Succinea campestris
Florida chalksnail 3
Succinea floridana
spotted ambersnail 5
Succinea forsheyi
Santa Rita ambersnail
Succinea grosvenori
xeric ambersnail
Succinea indiana
saltmarsh ambersnail
Succinea paralia
squatty ambersnail
Succinea unicolor
urban ambersnail
Succinea urbana
thin-lip vallonia
Vallonia perspectiva
Appalachian thorn
Carychium clappi
ice thorn 3
Carychium exile
southern thorn 8
Carychium mexicanum
file thorn
Carychium nannodes
eastern melampus 3
Melampus bidentatus

Edited by John P Friel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 2. (c) John Slapcinsky, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 3. (c) Femorale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 4. (c) steven_bach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by steven_bach
  • 5. (c) Benjamin Schwartz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Benjamin Schwartz
  • 6. Pilsbry H. A. & Charles Montague Cooke Jr., no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
  • 7. W. H. Dall (1845-1927), no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
  • 8. (c) Ben Hutchins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ben Hutchins

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