The non-marine

mollusks Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

of Canada are a part of the molluscan

fauna of Canada The fauna of Canada consist of approximately 200 mammal species, over 460 native bird species, 43 amphibian species, 43 reptile species, and 1,200 fish species. The biology survey of Canada cites that there are approximately 55,000 species of ins ...

( wildlife of Canada). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Canada.

Freshwater gastropods

Valvatidae ''Valvatidae'', the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. Taxonomy The family Valvatidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouche ...

* '' Valvata lewisi'' Currier, 1868Eva Pip & William F. Paulishyn (1971). "The ecology and distribution of Promenetus exacuous Say (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in southern Manitoba".

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49(3): 367-372. DOI:10.1139/z71-053 * '' Valvata lewisi lewisi''David R. C. Prescott and Medea M. Curteanu (2004). "Survey of Aquatic Gastropods in the Central Parkland Subregion of Alberta". Alberta Species at Risk Report No. 92 * '' Valvata sincera sincera'' * '' Valvata tricarinata'' Say, 1817 Lymnaeidae * ''

Bulimnea megasoma ''Bulimnea'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Lymnaeidae Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to th ...

'' (Say, 1824) * '' Fossaria dalli'' (F. C. Baker, 1907) * ''

Fossaria galbana ''Galba'' is a genus of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Galba Schrank, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://w ...

'' (Say, 1825) * '' Fossaria modicella'' (Say, 1825) * '' Lymnaea stagnalis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Lymnaea stagnalis appressa'' (Say, 1821) * '' Stagnicola caperata'' Say 1829 * '' Stagnicola catascopium catascopium'' * ''

Stagnicola elodes ''Stagnicola'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Stagnicola Jeffreys, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'' (Say, 1821) * '' Stagnicola exilis'' (Lea, 1834) * ''

Stagnicola palustris ''Stagnicola palustris'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Taxonomy ''Stagnicola turricula'' is a synonym of ''Stagnicola palustris'', because t ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) Physidae * ''

Aplexa elongata ''Sibirenauta elongata'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Physidae Physidae, common name the bladder snails, is a monophyletic taxonomic family of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs ...

'' (Say 1821) * ''

Aplexa hypnorum ''Aplexa hypnorum'', or by the common name, the moss bladder snail, is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae, a family which are sometimes known as the bladder snails ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Physa skinneri ''Physa skinneri'', common name the glass physa, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Physidae. Description The shell of ''Physa skinneri'' is thin, narrowly ovoid, to ovoid-fusiform, with an obtusely roun ...

'' Taylor, 1954 * ''

Physella gyrina ''Physella gyrina'', common name the "tadpole physa", is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. Shell description Snails in the family Physid ...

'' (Say, 1821) Planorbidae * '' Ferrissia fragilis'' (Tryon, 1863) * '' Ferrissia parallela'' (Haldeman, 1841) * '' Ferrissia rivularis'' (Say, 1817) * ''

Gyraulus circumstriatus ''Gyraulus circumstriatus'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mo ...

'' (Tryon, 1866) * '' Gyraulus crista'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Gyraulus deflectus ''Gyraulus deflectus'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae. The species is found in Northern America. References deflectus Gastropods described in 1824 {{Planorbidae-stub ...

'' (Say, 1824) * ''

Gyraulus parvus ''Gyraulus parvus'' is a species of freshwater snail in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. It is known by the common name ash gyro.Helisoma anceps anceps'' * '' Helisoma antrosa'' (Conrad, 1834) * '' Helisoma campanulata'' (Say, 1821) * ''

Helisoma trivolvis ''Planorbella trivolvis'' is a species of freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells. Description All ...

'' (Say, 1817) * ''

Menetus opercularis ''Menetus'' is a North American genus of freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails. Species Species within this genus include: subgenus '' Micromenetus'' F. C. Baker, 1945 * '' Men ...

'' (Gould, 1847) * ''

Planorbella binneyi ''Planorbella'' is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral, or left-coiling, shells. Ecology Species in this g ...

'' (Tryon, 1867) * '' Planorbella pilsbryi infracarinatum'' (F.C. Baker, 1932) * ''

Planorbella subcrenata ''Planorbella'' is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral, or left-coiling, shells. Ecology Species in this g ...

'' (Carpenter, 1857) * ''

Planorbella campanulata ''Planorbella campanulata'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mol ...

'' (Say, 1821) * ''

Planorbula armigera ''Planorbula armigera'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae. The species is found in Northern America. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3691384 Planorbidae Gastropods described in 1821 ...

'' (Say, 1821) * ''

Planorbula campestris ''Planorbula'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae. The species of this genus are found in Northern America and Africa. Species: *''Planorbula armigera'' *''Planorbula campestris'' *''Planorbula durhami'' *''Planorbu ...

'' (Dawson, 1875) * ''

Promenetus exacuous ''Promenetus exacuous'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae. The species is found in Northern America. References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3691623 Planorbidae Gastropods described in 1821 ...

'' (Say, 1821) * '' Promenetus exacuous exacuous'' * '' Promenetus exacuous megas'' (Dall, 1905) * '' Promenetus umbilicatellus'' (Cockerell, 1887)

Land gastropods

Ellobiidae * ''

Carychium exiguum ''Carychium exiguum'', common name the obese thorn snail, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Carychiinae Carychiinae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Subfamily (biology ...

'' (Say, 1822)Robert G. Forsyth & Michael J. Oldham (2016). "Terrestrial molluscs from the Ontario Far North".

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12(3): 1881. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1881 * ''

Carychium exile ''Carychium'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae. Species species within the genus ''Carychium'' include: *'' Carychium achimszulci'' Stworzewicz, 1999, Miocene ...

'' H. C. Lea, 1842 * '' Carychium minimum'' O.F. Müller, 1774Robert G. Forsyth, Michael J. Oldham & Fred Schueler (2008). "Mollusca, Gastropoda, Ellobiidae, Carychium minimum , and Ferussaciidae, Cecilioides acicula : Distribution extension and first provincial records of two introduced land snails in Ontario, Canada".

4(4): 449-452. DOI:10.15560/4.4.449

Succineidae Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails (and slugs), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Succineoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Succineidae Beck, 1837. Accessed thr ...

* '' Mediappendix vermeta'' (Say, 1829) * ''

Novisuccinea ovalis ''Novisuccinea ovalis'', commonly called the oval ambersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the ambersnails. Distribution This species occurs in North America. Par ...

'' (Say, 1817) * ''

Oxyloma retusum ''Oxyloma retusum'', common name the blunt ambersnail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land sna ...

'' (I. Lea, 1834)

Cochlicopidae Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea. Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosome A chromosome is a long DN ...

* ''

Cochlicopa lubrica ''Cochlicopa lubrica'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: ...

'' (Müller, 1774)

Lauriidae Lauriidae is a family of land snails. It is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) ...

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Lauria cylindracea ''Lauria cylindracea'', common name "the common chrysalis snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lauriidae. Description For terms see gastropod shell The 3-4 x 1.8 mm ...

'' (da Costa, 1778) Pupillidae * ''

Pupilla blandii ''Pupilla blandii'', common name the Rocky Mountain column, is a species of very small or minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae. Distribution This common species occ ...

'' Morse, 1865 * '' Pupilla hudsonianum'' Nekola & Coles in Nekola, Coles & Horsák, 2015 * ''

Pupilla muscorum ''Pupilla muscorum'', commonly known as the Moss Chrysalis snail or widespread column, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before t ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Pupoides albilabris ''Pupoides albilabris'' is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Pupillidae Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea ...

'' (C.B. Adams, 1841) Strobilopsidae * '' Strobilops labyrinthicus'' (Say, 1817) Valloniidae * ''

Planogyra clappi ''Planogyra clappi'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Valloniidae. The species is found in Northern America. The species is named in honor of American businessmann and malacologist George Hubbard Clapp George Hubbard Clapp ...

'' Pilsbry, 1898 * ''

Vallonia costata ''Vallonia costata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (Müller, 1774) * ''

Vallonia excentrica ''Vallonia excentrica'', common name the eccentric vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.Marshall, B. (2014). Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893. Acces ...

'' Sterki, 1893 * ''

Vallonia gracilicosta ''Vallonia gracilicosta'', common name the multirib vallonia or multiribbed vallonia, is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae. Subspecies The subspecies, '' ...

'' Reinhardt, 1883Robert G. Forsyth & Dwayne A. W. Lepitzki (2015). "Terrestrial snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada".

11(3): 1636. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/11.3.1636 * ''

Vallonia pulchella ''Vallonia pulchella'', common name the lovely vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallo ...

'' (Müller, 1774) * '' Zoogenetes harpa'' (Say, 1824)

Chondrinidae Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata. Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values i ...

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Columella columella ''Columella columella'' is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellinidae, the vertigo snails and allies. This species is not listed in the IUCN red list and not evaluated ...

'' (G. von Martens, 1830) * ''

Columella edentula ''Columella edentula'', common name the "toothless column snail", is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Truncatellinidae. Description The 2.5-3 (-3.5) mm. s ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1805) Vertiginidae * ''

Vertigo arthuri ''Vertigo arthuri'' is a species of land snail in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. It is known by the common names callused Vertigo,MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vertigo arthuri E. von Martens, 1882. Accessed through: World R ...

'' E. von Martens, 1882 * '' Vertigo bollesiana'' Morse, 1865 * '' Vertigo columbiana'' Pilsbry and Vanatta, 1900 * '' Vertigo cristata'' Sterki in Pilsbry, 1919 * '' Vertigo elatior'' Sterki, 1894 * '' Vertigo genesii'' (Gredler, 1856) * '' Vertigo gouldii'' A. Binney, 1843 * ''

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'' Pilsbry, 1919 * ''

Vertigo modesta ''Vertigo modesta'', common name the cross vertigo, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.WMolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. ...

'' (Say, 1824) * '' Vertigo oughtoni'' Pilsbry, 1948

Ferussaciidae Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

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Cecilioides acicula ''Cecilioides acicula'', common name the "blind snail" or "blind awlsnail", is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae. This is a subterranean species. Desc ...

'' (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Gastrocoptidae Gastrocoptidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Pupilloidea.Philippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, ...

* '' Gastrocopta contracta'' (Say, 1822) * ''

Gastrocopta pentodon ''Gastrocopta pentodon'', common name the comb snaggletooth, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails. References External links ...

'' (Say, 1822) * ''

Gastrocopta similis ''Gastrocopta'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Gastrocoptidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Sterki, 1909) * '' Gastrocopta tappaniana'' (C.B. Adams, 1841) Punctidae * ''

Punctum minutissimum ''Punctum minutissimum'' is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Punctidae, the dot snails. Shell description The shell of ''Punctum minutissimum'' is slightly translucent and ...

'' (I. Lea, 1841) * '' Punctum randolphii'' Dall, 1895

Discidae Discidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea. Genera The family Discidae has no subfamilies. Genera within the family Discidae include: * ''Anguispira'' Morse, ...

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Anguispira alternata ''Anguispira alternata'', common name the flamed disc or flamed tigersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails. Flamed discs are medium-sized snails, with s ...

'' (Say, 1816)Rodrigo B. Salvador, Fred J. Brook, Lara D. Shepherd, Martyn Kennedy (2020). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Punctoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 397-410. * '' Anguispira kochi'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) * '' Discus catskillensis'' (Pilsbry, 1896) * '' Discus shimekii'' (Pilsbry, 1890) * '' Discus whitneyi'' (Newcomb, 1864)

Helicodiscidae Helicodiscidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Genera Genera within the family i ...

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Helicodiscus parallelus ''Helicodiscus parallelus'', common name the compound coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae. ''Helicodiscus parallelus'' is the type species of the genus ''He ...

'' (Say, 1821)

Oreohelicidae Oreohelicidae is a family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Anatomy In this famil ...

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Oreohelix subrudis ''Oreohelix subrudis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae Oreohelicidae is a family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastrop ...

'' (Reeve, 1854)

Gastrodontidae Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase ...

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Aegopinella nitidula ''Aegopinella nitidula'' (previously known as ''Retinella nitidula'') is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails. Forsyth et al. (2001) review ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1805)Robert G. Forsyth, John M. C. Hutchinson & Heike Reise (2001). "''Aegopinella nitidula'' (Draparnaud, 1805) (Gastropoda : Zonitidae) in British Columbia - first confirmed North American record".

American Malacological Bulletin American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, p ...

16(1-2): 65-69. * ''

Nesovitrea binneyana ''Nesovitrea binneyana'', common name the blue glass snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. This species is named in honor of the American malacolo ...

'' (Morse, 1864) * '' Nesovitrea electrina'' (Gould, 1841) * '' Striatura exigua'' (Stimpson, 1850) * '' Striatura ferrea'' (Morse, 1864) * '' Striatura milium'' (Morse, 1859) * '' Striatura pugetensis'' Dall, 1895 * ''

Zonitoides arboreus ''Zonitoides arboreus'', commonly known as the quick gloss snail, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae. Distribution The native distribution of ''Z. arboreus'' is ...

'' (Say, 1817) * '' Zonitoides nitidus'' (Müller, 1774) Haplotrematidae * ''

Ancotrema hybridum ''Ancotrema'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Haplotrematidae. This genus is sometimes considered to be a subgenus of ''Haplotrema''. ''Haplotrema'' and ''Ancotrema'' cannot be d ...

'' Ancey, 1888 * '' Haplotrema concavum'' (Say, 1821) * ''

Haplotrema vancouverense ''Haplotrema vancouverense'', common name the robust lancetooth, is a species of predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Haplotrematidae. References

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'' I. Lea, 1839 Euconulidae * ''

Euconulus fulvus ''Euconulus fulvus'' is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. Description For terms see gastropod shell The 2.0-2.5 x 2.8-3.5 mm shell is br ...

'' (Müller, 1774) * ''

Euconulus polygyratus ''Euconulus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euconulus Reinhardt, 1883. Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1899) * ''

Guppya sterkii ''Guppya'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Euconulidae. The species of this genus are found in America, Africa, Malesia. Species: *'' Guppya angasi'' *'' Guppya bauri'' *'' Guppya biolleyi'' *'' Guppya capsula'' *'' Guppya ...

'' (Dall, 1888)Robert Forsyth, Annegret Nicolai (2018). "Guppya sterkii (Dall, 1888) (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Euconulidae) in eastern Ontario, Canada".

14(4): 579-583. doi: 10.15560/14.4.579

Oxychilidae Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. Distribution The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western-Palearctic, eastern-Palear ...

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Oxychilus alliarius ''Oxychilus alliarius'', commonly known as the garlic snail or garlic glass-snail, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the glass snail family, Oxychilidae. Etymology The specific na ...

'' J.S. Miller, 1822 * ''

Oxychilus cellarius ''Oxychilus cellarius'', common name cellar glass-snail, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. Description The shell has 5.5-6 regularly increasing ...

'' (O.F. Müller, 1774) * ''

Oxychilus draparnaudi ''Oxychilus draparnaudi'', or Draparnaud's glass snail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. Description ''Oxychilus draparnaudi'' is large for a zonitid glass ...

'' (Beck, 1837)

Pristilomatidae Pristilomatidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. According to the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi these snails belong to the "limacoid ...

* '' Paravitrea multidentata'' (A. Binney, 1841) * '' Pristiloma lansingi'' Bland, 1875 * '' Pristiloma stearnsii'' Bland,1875 * ''

Vitrea contracta ''Vitrea contracta'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae. Description For terms see gastropod shell. The 2.2-2.6 mm. shell is colourless translucent and ...

'' (Westerlund, 1870)

Limacidae Limacidae, also known by their common name the keelback slugs, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Limacoidea. Distribution The distr ...

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Limax maximus ''Limax maximus'' (literally, "biggest slug"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs.Marshall, B. (2014). Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Worl ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 Agriolimacidae * ''

Deroceras laeve ''Deroceras laeve'', the marsh slug, is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae. Distribution The distribution of ''Deroceras laeve'' was originally Palearctic, from ...

'' (Müller, 1774) * ''

Deroceras panormitanum ''Deroceras panormitanum'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Agriolimacidae. This article is about ''Deroceras panormitanum'' ''sensu stricto'', which occurs predominantly only on Si ...

'' (Lessona and Pollonera, 1882) * ''

Deroceras reticulatum ''Deroceras reticulatum'', common names the "grey field slug" and "grey garden slug", is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Agriolimacidae. This species is an important agricul ...

'' (Müller, 1774) Polygyridae * ''

Cryptomastix germana ''Cryptomastix'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae. These snails cannot be differentiated from related polygyrids solely on the basis of their shell ch ...

'' Gould in A. Binney, 1851 * ''

Inflectarius inflectus ''Inflectarius'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae. Species Species in the genus ''Inflectarius'' include: * '' Inflectarius approximans'' (G. H. Clapp, 1905) – tigh ...

'' (Say, 1821) * ''

Neohelix albolabris ''Neohelix albolabris'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae. Alternate names for Neohelix albolabris are Helix albolabris and Triodopsis albolabris. It is the first lan ...

'' (Say, 1817) * ''

Neohelix dentifera ''Neohelix dentifera'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superf ...

'' (A. Binney, 1837) * '' Patera appressa'' (Say, 1821)Forsyth, Robert; Oldham, Michael; Schueler, Frederick; (2015). "Patera appressa (Say, 1821), an introduced land snail in Ontario, Canada (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Polygyridae)".

11(2): 1583. * '' Vespericola columbianus'' I. Lea 1839 * '' Xolotrema denotatum'' (A. Férussac, 1821)

Boettgerillidae ''Boettgerilla'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Boettgerillidae. The generic name ''Boettgerilla'' is named after the German malacologist Oskar Boettger. Taxonomy ''Boettger ...

* '' Boettgerilla pallens'' Simroth, 1912

Vitrinidae Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBa ...

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Vitrina angelicae ''Vitrina'' is genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vitrinidae, the glass snails. Species Species with the genus ''Vitrina'' include: * '' Vitrina angelicae'' Beck, 1837 * ''Vitrina jo ...

'' Beck, 1837

Arionidae Arionidae, common name the "roundback slugs" or "round back slugs" are a taxonomic family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea. Distribution The distribution of this family of slug ...

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Ariolimax columbianus The Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus) is a species of slug found on the Pacific coast of North America. It is the second-largest species of terrestrial slug in the world, growing up to 25 centimeters (9.8 in) long. As of 2021, it is th ...

'' Gould in A. Binney, 1851 * ''

Arion ater Arion (; grc-gre, Ἀρίων; fl. c. 700 BC) was a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb. The islanders of Lesbos claimed him as their native son, but Arion found a patron in Periander, tyrant ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758)Louis-C. O'Neil (1964). "Occurrence of Arion ater (L.) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae) in Sherbrooke, Quebec".

42(6): 1161–1163. https://doi.org/10.1139/z64-116 * ''

Arion distinctus ''Arion distinctus'' is a species of air-breathing land slug in the family Arionidae, sometimes known as the roundback slugs. It is a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. Several vernacular names exist, but it is unclear if they are much ...

'' Mabille, 1868 * ''

Arion hortensis ''Arion hortensis'', also known by its common name the "garden slug", "small striped slug" or "black field slug" is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the roundback ...

'' (Férussac, 1819) * ''

Arion rufus The red slug (''Arion rufus''), also known as the large red slug,Arion subfuscus'' Draparnaud,1805 * ''

Hemphillia glandulosa The ''Hemphillia glandulosa'', common name the warty jumping-slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae. ''Hemphillia glandulosa'' is the type species of the genus ''Hemphil ...

'' Bland and W.G. Binney, 1872 * '' Prophysaon andersonii'' (J.G. Cooper, 1872)Annegret Nicolai & Robert G. Forsyth (2020). "Introduced Prophysaon andersonii (J.G. Cooper, 1872) in Quebec, Canada: first record of Prophysaon (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Arionoidea) in eastern North America, confirmed by partial-COI gene sequence".

16(2): 307-316. DOI:10.15560/16.2.307 * ''

Prophysaon coeruleum ''Prophysaon'', common name taildropper slugs, is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariolimacidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873. Accessed th ...

'' Cockerell, 1890 * ''

Prophysaon foliolatum ''Prophysaon'', common name taildropper slugs, is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariolimacidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873. Accessed th ...

'' Gould in A. Binney, 1851 * ''

Prophysaon vanattae ''Prophysaon'', common name taildropper slugs, is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariolimacidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873. Accessed th ...

'' Pilsbry,1948 * '' Staala gwaii'' Ovaska, Chichester & Sopuck, 2010Kristiina Ovaska, Lyle Chichester & Lennart Sopuck (2010). "Terrestrial gastropods from Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, Canada, including description of a new northern endemic slug (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Arionidae)". The Nautilus 124(1): 25–33.

Geomitridae Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). M ...

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Xerolenta obvia ''Xerolenta obvia'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerolenta obvia (Menke, 1828). Accessed through: ...

'' (Menke, 1828)Robert G. Forsyth, Michael J. Oldham, Eric Snyder, Frederick W. Schueler, Ross Layberry (2015). "Forty years later: distribution of the introduced Heath Snail, Xerolenta obvia, in Ontario, Canada (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)".

11(4): 1-8. doi: 10.15560/11.4.1711 Helicidae * '' Cepaea nemoralis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

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