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List of non marine molluscs of the United States

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

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Freshwater gastropods

Amnicolidae
  • Amnicola cora
  • Pleuroceridae
  • Lithasia armigera - armigerous river snail or armored rocksnail
  • Lithasia curta) - knobby rocksnail
  • Lithasia duttoniana - Dutton's river snail
  • Lithasia geniculata - geniculate river snail
  • Lithasia jayana - Jay's river snail
  • Lithasia lima - Elk River file snail
  • Lithasia salebrosa - muddy rocksnail
  • Lithasia verrucosa varicose rocksnail
  • Hydrobiidae
  • Tryonia alamosae - Alamosa springsnail
  • Marstonia pachyta - armored marstonia - synonym: Pyrgulopsis pachyta
  • Pyrgulopsis erythropoma - Ash Meadows pebblesnail
  • Somatogyrus humerosus - atlas pebblesnail
  • Planorbidae
  • Menetus dilatatus
  • Physidae
  • Physella acuta
  • Physella gyrina
  • Physella microstriata — Fish Lake physa; U.S. endemic/extinct
  • Physella natricina — Snake River physa snail
  • Lymnaeidae
  • Stagnicola bonnevillensis
  • Stagnicola utahensis — Thickshell pondsnail
  • Land gastropods

    Land gastropods in the USA includes:

    Polygyridae
  • Fumonelix archeri - Archer's toothed land snail
  • Freshwater bivalves

    Unionidae
  • Quadrulamany species
  • Quadrula apiculata — Southern mapleleaf
  • Quadrula aurea — Golden orb
  • Quadrula tuberosa — Rough rockshell (extinct)
  • 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.

    References

    List of non-marine molluscs of the United States Wikipedia