Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Mollusk Checklist

Index


Overview

This checklist is attributed to:

Ron Caldwell
Cumberland Mt. Research center
Lincoln memorial Un.
Harrogate, TN

Index

Land Snails of Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Family POMATIOPSIDAE
Pomatiopsis lapidaria(Say, 1817)
Family CARYCHIIDAE
Carychium clappiHubricht, 1959
Carychium exileH.C. Lea, 1842
Carychium mexicanumPilsbry, 1891
Carychium nannodesClapp, 1905
Family COCHLICOPIDAE
Cochlicopa morseana(Doherty, 1878)
Family PUPILLIDAE
Columella simplex(Gould, 1841)
Gastrocopta armifera(Say, 1821)
Gastrocopta contracta(Say, 1822)
Gastrocopta corticaria(Say, 1816)
Gastrocopta pentodon(Say. 1821)
Vertigo bollesiana(Morse, 1865)
Vertigo gouldi(A. Binney, 1843)
Vertigo oscariana(Sterki, 1890)
Vertigo ovataSay, 1822
Family STROBILOPSIDAE
Strobilops aeneaPilsbry, 1826
Family SUCCINEIDAE
Succinea ovalisSay, 1817
Catinella oklahomarum(Webb, 1953)
Family PHILOMYCIDAE
Philomycus virginicusHubricht, 1953
Family DISCIDAE
Anguispira alternata(Say, 1816)
Anguispira jessicaKutchka, 1938
Anguispira mordax(Shuttleworth, 1852)
Anguispira strongylodes(Pfeiffer, 1854)
Discus bryanti(Harper, 1881)
Discus nigrimontanus(Pilsbry, 1924)
Discus patulus(Deshayes, 1830)
Helicodiscus bonamicusHubricht, 1978
Helicodiscus multidensHubricht, 1962
Helicodiscus notiusHubricht, 1962
Helicodiscus parallelus(Say, 1817)
Helicodiscus singleyanus(Pilsbry, 1890)
Family PUNCTIDAE
Punctum blandianumPilsbry, 1900
Punctum minutissimum(I.Lea, 1841)
Punctum vitreaH.B. Baker, 1930
Family ZONITIDAE
Glyphyalinia carolinensis(Cockerell, 1890)
Glyphyalinia cumberlandensis(Clapp, 1919)
Glyphyalinia cryptomphala(Clapp, 1915)
Glyphyalinia indentata(Say, 1823)
Glyphyalinia junaluskana(Clench & Banks, 1932)
Glyphyalinia pentadelphia(Pilsbry, 1900)
Glyphyalinia praecox(H.B. Baker, 1930)
Glyphyalinia rhoadsi(Pilsbry, 1899)
Glyphyalinia sculptilis(Bland, 1858)
Glyphyalinia solida(H.B. Baker, 1930)
Glyphyalinia wheatleyi(Bland, 1883)
Glyphyalinia vanattai(Pilsbry & Walker, 1902)
Mesomphix andrewsae(Pilsbry, 1895)
Mesomphix cupreus politusPilsbry, 1946
Mesomphix perlaevis(Pilsbry, 1900)
Mesomphix subplanus(A. Binney, 1842)
Mesomphix vulgatusH.B. Baker, 1933
Vitrinizonites latissimus(Lewis, 1875)
Paravitrea clappi(Pilsbry, 1898)
Paravitrea capsella(Gould, 1851)
Paravitrea multidentata(A. Binney, 1840)
Pilsbryna aureaH.B. Baker, 1929
Hawaiia miniscula(A. Binney, 1840)
Gastrodonta internaWurtz, 1948
Ventridens arcellusHubricht, 1976
Ventridens demissus(A. Binney, 1843)
Ventridens gularis(Say, 1822)
Ventridens intertextus(A. Binney, 1841)
Ventridens lawae(W.G. Binney, 1892)
Ventridens pilsbryiHubricht, 1964
Zonitoides arboreus(Say, 1816)
Zonitoides elliotti(Redfield, 1856)
Striatura meridionalis(Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906)
Striatura milium(Morse, 1859)
Euconulus sp.
Guppya sterkii(Dall,1888)
Family HAPLOTREMATIDAE
Haplotrema concavum(Say, 1821)
Haplotrema kendeighiWebb, 1951
Family POLYGYRIDAE
Polygyra plicata(Say, 1821)
Stenotrema altispira(Pilsbry, 1894)
Stenotrema depilatum(Pilsbry, 1895)
Stenotrema pilula(Pilsbry, 1900)
Stenotrema hirsutum(Say, 1817)
Stenotrema stenotrema(Pfeiffer, 1819)
Mesodon altivagaPilsbry, 1900
Mesodon appressus(Say, 1821)
Mesodon chilhoweensis(Lewis, 1870)
Mesodon christyi(Bland, 1860)
Mesodon clausus(Say, 1821)
Mesodon clarki(I. Lea, 1858)
Mesodon clingmanicus(Pilsbry, 1904)
Mesodon downieanus(Bland, 1861)
Mesodon ferrissi(Pilsbry, 1897)
Mesodon inflectus(Say, 1821)
Mesodon jonesianus(Archer, 1938)
Mesodon normalis(Pilsbry, 1900)
Mesodon perigraptus(Pilsbry, 1894)
Mesodon rugeli(Shuttleworth, 1852)
Mesodon zaletus(A. Binney, 1837
Triodopsis albolabris(Say, 1816)
Triodopsis denotata(Ferrussac, 1821)

Index

Blount County, TN Research Area 1. Becky Nichols, Chuck Parker, and Ron Caldwell. 30 March 1998.

Family POMATIOPSIDAE / Number of Specimens
Pomatiopsis lapidaria3
Family CARYCHIIDAE
Carychium clappi11
Family HELICODISCIDAE
Helicodiscus singleyanus2
Family PUPILLIDAE
Gastrocopta armifera12
Gastrocopta contracta7
Gastrocopta corticaria1
Gastrocopta pentodon11
Vertigo bollesiana6
Family DISCIDAE
Anguispira mordax3
Discus nigrimontanus1 (County record)
Family ZONITIDAE
Mesomphix andrewsae1
Mesomphix cupreus2
Ventridens gularis1
Family POLYGYRIDAE
Mesodon chilhoweensisnot collected
Mesodon rugeli1
Mesodon thyroidus1
Mesodon zaletus2
Stenotrema pilula2
Stenotrema stenotrema2

Index

Blount County, TN Research Area 2. Becky Nichols and Ron Caldwell. 31 March 1998.

Family DISCIDAE
Anguispira alternata2
Family ZONITIDAE
Mesomphix cupreus1
Mesomphix inornatus monticola2
Ventridens gularis5
Paravitrea umbilicaris1 (County record)
Family POLYGYRIDAE
Mesodon perigraptus1
Mesodon rugeli1
Stenotrema edvardsi1

Index

Species endemic to the mountains bordering Tennessee and North Carolina.
Mesodon archeri
Mesodon jonesianus
Mesodon orestes
Mesodon subpalliatus
Mesodon wheatleyi
Glyphyalinia clingmani
Glyphyalinia ocoae
Glyphyalinia vanattai
Haplotrema kendeighi
Helicodiscus bonamicus
Mesodon ferrissi
Mesodon altivaga
Paravitrea andrewsae
Paravitrea clappi
Paravitrea lacteodens
Paravitrea lamellidens
Paravitrea tridens
Paravitrea varidens
Pilsbryna aurea
Stenotrema depilatum

Index

Species endemic to the mountains bordering Tennessee and North Carolina but, as yet, not known from the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
Mesodon archeri
Mesodon orestes
Mesodon subpalliatus
Mesodon wheatleyi
Glyphyalinia clingmani
Glyphyalinia vanattai
Paravitrea andrewsae
Paravitrea lactenodens
Paravitrea lamellidens
Paravitrea tridens
Paravitrea varidens

Index

Literature Cited

Burch, J.B. 1969 Land Mollusks of the Southern Appalachians. In: The distributional history of the biota of the Southern appalachians. Part 1. Invertebrates. P.C. Holt, ed. VPI and State Universtiy. Blackburg, VA.

Emberton, K.C. 1988. The genitalic, allozymic, and conchological evolution of the eastern North American triodopsinae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae). Malacologica 28 (1-2): 159-173.

Emberton, K.C. 1991. The genitalic, allozymic and conchological evolution of the tribe Mesodontini (Pumonata: Stylomatophora: Polygyridae) Malacologica 33 (1-2): 71-178.

Thompson, E.G. 1981. Survey of potentially threatened and endangered snails with reference to Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) rooting in their habitat. Report to GSMNP. Library GSMNP.

Pilsbry, H.A. 1900. Mollusca of the Great Smoky Mountains. Proc. Philadelphia Acad. Sci. 52:110-150.

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