Northeast Florida Aquatic Mollusk Checklist


The following is a thorough inventory of the freshwater (including estuarine*) mollusks collected in Northeast Florida (the counties of Nassau, Duval, Clay, and St. Johns) by Harry G. Lee from 1975 to present. The final grouping is comprised of introduced species. Phylogenetic arrangement follows most contemporary authors.


*Estuarine Bivalves** Cyrenoida floridana (Dall, 1896) Florida Marshclam Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1831) Atlantic Rangia Second Specimen Juvenile Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) Dark Falsemussel Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801) Carolina Marshclam Second Specimen *Estuarine Snails** Vitta usnea (Röding, 1798) Olive Nerite Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) Virgin Nerite Littoridinops tenuipes (Couper, 1844) Henscomb Hydrobe Littoridinops monroensis (Frauenfeld, 1863) Cockscomb Hydrobe Spurwinkia salsa (Pilsbry, 1905) Saltmarsh Hydrobe Angustassimea succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Atlantic Assiminea Blauneria heteroclita (Montagu, 1808) Left-hand Melampus Detracia floridana (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Florida Melampus Laemodonta cubensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) Cuba Dwarf Pedipes Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822 Eastern Melampus *Microtralia* ovulum (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Tiny Melampus Freshwater Snails** Campeloma floridense (Call, 1886) Purple-throat Campeloma Viviparus georgianus (I. Lea, 1834) Banded Mysterysnail Viviparus intertextus (Say, 1829) Rotund Mysterysnail Pomacea paludosa (Say, 1829) Florida Applesnail **Amnicola dalli johnsoni (Pilsbry, 1899) North Peninsula Amnicola**** Amnicola rhombostoma F. Thompson, 1968 Squaremouth Amnicola Aphaostracon rhadinum F. Thompson, 1968 Slough Hydrobe Floridobia fraterna (F. Thompson, 1968) Creek Siltsnail Floridobia porterae (F. Thompson, 2000) Green Cove Springsnail Floridobia species Elimia floridensis (Reeve, 1860) Rasp Elimia Fossaria cubensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) Carib Fossaria Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817) Mimic Lymnaea Physella heterostropha (Say, 1817) Pewter Physa Biomphalaria obstructa (Morelet, 1849) Obstructed Planorb** Gyraulus parvus (Say, 1817) Ash Gyro **Menetus dilatatus avus (Pilsbry, 1905) Keeled Bugle Sprite**** Menetus floridensis (F. C. Baker, 1945) Penny Sprite Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879) Seminole Rams-horn Planorbella trivolvis (Say, 1817) Marsh Rams-horn Ferrissia hendersoni (Walker, 1925) Blackwater Ancylid Hebetancylus excentricus (Morelet, 1851) Excentric Ancylid Laevapex fuscus (C.B. Adams, 1841) Dusky Ancylid Freshwater Bivalves Anodonta couperiana I. Lea, 1840 Barrel Floater Elliptio ahenea (I. Lea, 1847) Southern Lance Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) Elephant Ear Elliptio jayensis (I. Lea, 1838) Florida Spike Elliptio monroensis (I. Lea, 1843) St. John's Elephant-ear Elliptio occulta (I. Lea, 1843) Hidden Spike Toxolasma paulum (I. Lea, 1840) Iridescent Lilliput Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801) Florida Pondhorn Villosa amygdalum (I. Lea, 1843) Florida Rainbow Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834) Southern Rainbow Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865) Mottled Fingernailclam Musculium partumeium (Say, 1822) Swamp Fingernailclam Musculium securis (Prime, 1852) Pond Fingernailclam Musculium transversum (Say, 1829) Long Fingernailclam Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791) Ubiquitous Peaclam Pisidium dubium (Say, 1817) Greater Eastern Peaclam Sphaerium occidentale (J. Lewis, 1856) Herrington Peaclam

* some "marine" species overlap with this zone, and habitat assignment is arbitrary.

** taxa (or common names) not listed in Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson,M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams, 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks, 2nd edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland.