Checklist of the Land Snails and Slugs of British Columbia

Included in this checklist are 92 species of land snails and slugs known from BC. Additional, unconfirmed species are ommitted here. Those species with an asterisk (*) are exotic or introduced. Species names and placement within families are as they appear in my book, Land Snails of British Columbia.

Family CARYCHIIDAE
Carychium minimum Müller, 1774*
Carychium occidentale Pilsbry, 1891

Family SUCCINEIDAE
Catinella species
Oxyloma groenlandicum (Möller, 1842)
Oxyloma hawkinsii (Baird, 1863)
Oxyloma nuttallianum (I. Lea, 1841)
Novisuccinea strigata L. Pfeiffer, 1855 † [photo]

Family CIONELLIDAE
Cochlicopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)

Family LAURIIDAE
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*

Family HAPLOTREMATIDAE
Ancotrema hybridum (Ancey, 1888)
Ancotrema sportella (Gould, 1846)
Haplotrema (Ancomena) vancouverense (I. Lea, 1839) [photo]

Family TESTACELLIDAE
Testacella haliotidea Draparnaud, 1801*

Family PUNCTIDAE
Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
Punctum (Punctum) randolphii (Dall, 1895)

Family DISCIDAE
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)

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)*

Family EUCONULIDAE
Euconulus (Euconulus) fulvus (Müller, 1774)
Euconulus (Euconulus) praticola (Reinhardt, 1883)

Family GASTRODONTIDAE
Striatura (Pseudohyalina) pugetensis (Dall, 1895)
Zonitoides (Zonitoides) arboreus (Say, 1816)
Zonitoides (Zonitoides) nitidus (Müller, 1774)

Family 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 VITRINIDAE
Vitrina pellucida (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 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 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]

Family ARIONIDAE
Ariolimax (Ariolimax) columbianus (Gould in A. Binney, 1851) [photo]
Magnipelta mycophaga Pilsbry, 1953 [photo]
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]
Hemphillia camelus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1897
Hemphillia dromedarius Branson, 1972
Hemphillia glandulosa Bland & W.G. Binney, 1872 [photo]
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 BRADYBAENIDAE
Monadenia (Monadenia) fidelis (Gray, 1834) [photo]

Family HELICIDAE
Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774)* [photo]
Cepaea (Cepaea) nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)* [photo]

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† Not included in Land Snails of British Columbia.