Check List
of the Mollusca
of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

 

 

The historical and recent faunal list of molluscs for the Park includes at least 140 species. Species in blue below were found in 2000. Species in red were added in 2001, species in purple in 2003, species in whatever this color is in 2004-2005. Additional species recorded by Dourson & Gumbert (2004) have an " * ."

* Dourson, D. & M. Gumbert. 2004. A Survey of Terrestrial Mollusca in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; North Shore Roads Project for Arcadis G & M of North Carolina.

TERRESTRIAL  
Arionidae Arion subfuscus (exotic)
Carychiidae Carychium clappi
Carychium exiguum *
  Carychium exile exile
  Carychium mexicanum
  Carychium nannodes
Cochlicopidae Cochlicopa lubrica
Cochlicopa morseana
Discidae Anguispira alternata lawae
  Anguispira jessica
  Anguispira knoxensis
  Anguispira mordax
  Discus nigrimontanus
  Discus patulus
Haplotrematidae Haplotrema concavum
  Haplotrema kendeighi
Helicodiscidae Helicodiscus bonamicis
  Helicodiscus fimbriatus *
  Helicodiscus inermis *
  Helicodiscus notius notius
  Helicodiscus parallelus
  Helicodiscus singleyanus
Helixarionidae Euconulus chersinus
Euconulus dentatus *
  Euconulus fulvus
  Euconulus trochulus
  Guppya sterkii
Limacidae Deroceras laeve
Philomycidae Megapallifera mutabilis
  Pallifera fosteri *
  Pallifera hemphilli
  Pallifera secreta
  Philomycus carolinianus
  Philomycus flexuolaris
  Philomycus togatus *
  Philomycus venustus *
  Philomycus virginicus
Polygyridae Mesodon andrewsae altivaga
  Mesodon chilhoweensis
  Fumonelix christyi
  Patera clarki
  Mesodon clausus clausus *
  Mesodon clingmanicus
  Inflectarius downieanus
  Mesodon elevatus
  Inflectarius ferrissi
  Inflectarius inflectus
  Fumonelix jonesiana
  Mesodon normalis
  Patera perigrapta
  Inflectarius rugeli
  Inflectarius subpalliatus
  Mesodon thyroidus
  Fumonelix wheatleyi
  Mesodon zaletus
  Polygyra plicata
  Practicolella lawae
  Stenotrema altispira
  Stenotrema depilatum
  Euchemotrema fraternum fraternum *
  Euchemotrema fraternum montanum
  Stenotrema hirsutum
  Stenotrema magnifumosum
  Stenotrema pilula
  Stenotrema stenotrema
  Triodopsis albolabris
  Triodopsis denotata
  Triodopsis fallax
  Triodopsis major
  Triodopsis tridentata
  Triodopsis vulgata *
Pomatiopsidae Pomatiopsis lapidaria
Punctidae Punctum blandianum
  Punctum minutissimum
  Punctum vitreus
Pupillidae Columella simplex
  Gastrocopta armifera
  Gastrocopta contracta
  Gastrocopta corticaria *
  Gastrocopta pentodon
  Vertigo bollesiana
  Vertigo gouldi
  Vertigo oscariana *
  Vertigo ovata
  Vertigo ventricosa
Strobilopsidae Strobilops aenea
Succineidae Catinella oklahomarum
  Succinea ovalis
Zonitidae Gastrodonta interna interna *
  Glyphyalinia carolinensis
  Glyphyalinia cryptomphalus
  Glyphyalinia cumberlandiana
  Glyphyalinia junaluska *
  Glyphyalinia indentata
  Glyphyalinia lewisiana
  Glyphyalinia pentadelphia
  Glyphyalinia praecox
  Glyphyalinia rhoadsi
  Glyphyalinia sculptilis
  Glyphyalinia solida
  Glyphyalinia wheatleyi
  Glyphyalinia vanattai
  Hawaiia miniscula
  Mesomphix andrewsae
  Mesomphix cupreus
  Mesomphix latior
  Mesomphix perlaevis
  Mesomphix rugeli
  Mesomphix subplanus
  Mesomphix vulgatus
  Paravitrea bellona? *
  Paravitrea capsella
  Paravitrea clappi
  Paravitrea lamellidens
  Paravitrea multidentata
  Paravitrea petrophila
  Paravitrea placentula
  Paravitrea umbilicaris
  Pilsbryna aurea
  Striatura ferrea
  Striatura meridionalis
  Ventridens acerra
  Ventridens arcellus
  Ventridens coelaxis
  Ventridens collisella
  Ventridens decussata
  Ventridens demissus
  Ventridens gularis
  Ventridens intertextus
  Ventridens lasmodon
  Ventridens lawae
  Ventridens ligera
  Ventridens pilsbryi
  Ventridens theloides *
  Vitrinizonites latissimus
  Zonitoides arboreus
  Zonitoides elliotti
  Zonitoides nitidus
  Zonitoides patuloides
FRESHWATER  
Corbiculidae Corbicula fluminea (exotic)
Pleuroceridae Leptoxis praerosa
  Pleurocera uncinale
Unionidae Pleuronaia barnesiana
  Lampsilis fasciola
  Medionidus conradicus
  Pleurobema oviforme
  Villosa jonesi
  Villosa nebulosa
  Villosa vanuxemi