List of non-marine molluscs of the United States


The non-marine mollusks of the United States are a part of the molluscan fauna of the United States.

Freshwater gastropods

;Amnicolidae
;Pleuroceridae
;Hydrobiidae
;Planorbidae
;Physidae
;Lymnaeidae
Land gastropods in the USA include:
;Polygyridae
;Unionidae

Federally endangered or threatened freshwater molluscs

There are 34 freshwater gastropod taxa on this list. The only marine endangered gastropod is Haliotis sorenseni. The only overseas endangered land snail is Papustyla pulcherrima. Altogether 36 gastropod species are federally listed as of 2 October 2009.
Scientific nameCommon nameHome rangestatus
Antrobia culveriTumbling creek cavesnailMissouriE
Athearnia anthonyiAnthony's riversnailAlabama, TennesseeE
Assiminea pecosPecos Assiminea snailNew Mexico, Texas, Mexico E
Campeloma decampiSlender campelomaAlabamaE
Elimia crenatellaLacy elimiaAlabamaT
Erinna newcombiNewcomb's snailHawaiiT
Juturnia kosteri/Tryonia kosteriKoster's springsnail/Koster's tryoniaNew MexicoE
Idaholanx frestiBanbury Springs lanxIdahoE
Leptoxis amplaRound rocksnailAlabamaT
Leptoxis plicataPlicate rocksnailAlabamaE
Leptoxis taeniataPainted rocksnailAlabamaT
Lioplax cyclostomaformisCylindrical lioplaxAlabamaE
Lepyrium showalteriFlat pebblesnailAlabamaE
Marstonia ogmoraphe Royal marstoniaTennesseeE
Marstonia pachyta Armored marstoniaAlabamaE
Physa natricinaSnake river physa snailIdahoE
Physella speluncaCave physaU.S. endemic, cavesV
Physella utahensisUtah physaUtah; U.S. endemicV
Physella zionisWet rock physaZion National Park, Utah; U.S. endemicV
Pyrgulopsis bruneauensisBruneau Hot SpringsnailIdahoE
Pyrgulopsis neomexicanaSocorro springsnailNew MexicoE
Pyrgulopsis roswellensisRoswell springsnailNew MexicoE
Quadrula asperataAlabama orb freshwater musselAlabama region; U.S. endemicNT
Quadrula couchianaRio Grande monkeyface freshwater musselRio Grande region; U.S. endemicCE
Quadrula cylindricaRabbitsfoot freshwater musselU.S. endemicV
Quadrula fragosaWinged Mapleleaf freshwater musselWisconsin, Minnesota, and Missouri; U.S. endemicCE
Quadrula houstonensisSmooth pimpleback freshwater musselTexas region; U.S. endemicCE
Quadrula intermediaCumberland monkeyface pearly musselAppalachia region: western Virginia + eastern TennesseeCE
Quadrula metanevraMonkeyface freshwater musselSoutheastern United StatesNE
Quadrula pustulosaPimpleback freshwater musselSoutheastern United StatesNE
Quadrula quadrulaMapleleaf freshwater musselnorthern Eastern United States + Eastern CanadaLC
Quadrula refulgensPurple pimpleback freshwater musselU.S. endemicNT
Quadrula rumphianaRidged mapleleaf freshwater musselU.S. endemicNT
Quadrula sparsaAppalachian monkey-face pearly musselAppalachia region: western Virginia + eastern TennesseeCE
Quadrula stapesStirrup shellAlabama + Mississippi; U.S. endemicCE — Extinct
Stagnicola utahensisThickshell pondsnailUtah Lake, Utah; U.S. endemicCE
Taylorconcha serpenticolaBliss Rapids snailIdahoT
Tryonia alamosaeAlamosa springsnailNew MexicoE
Tulotoma magnificaAlabama Live-bearing snailAlabamaE
Valvata utahensisUtah roundmouth snailIdaho, extirpaded from UtahE

Federally endangered or threatened land gastropods

Common nameScientific nameHome rangestatus
Oʻahu tree snailsAchatinella spp.HawaiiE
Painted snake-coiled forest snailAnguispira pictaTennesseeT
Iowa Pleistocene snailDiscus macclintockiIllinois, IowaE
Morro Shoulderband snailHelminthoglypta walkerianaCaliforniaE
Magazine Mountain shagreenMesodon magazinensisArkansasT
Chittenango ovate amber snailNovisuccinea chittenangoensisNew YorkT
Stock Island tree snailOrthalicus reses FloridaT
Kanab AmbersnailOxyloma haydeni kanabensisArizona, UtahE
Noonday globePatera clarki nantahalaNorth CarolinaT
Virginia fringed mountain snailPolygyriscus virginianusVirginiaE
Flat-spired three-toothed snailTriodopsis platysayoidesWest VirginiaT