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Share your observations of plants or non-game animals with the Natural Heritage Inventory.
- Contact information
- For information on Wisconsin's rare animals, contact:
- Rich Staffen
Conservation Biologist
608-266-4340
Wisconsin's rare aquatic and terrestrial snails
Aquatic and terrestrial snails on Wisconsin's Natural Heritage Working List – last revised May 2016. Life history, where they are found in the state, photos and management information is available for many of these species. Please consider sharing your observations [exit DNR] with the Wisconsin Natural Heritage Inventory
Scientific Name | Common Name | Global Rank |
State Rank |
Federal Status |
WI Status |
WWAP | Mapped in NHI |
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Stagnicola caperata | Wrinkled Marshsnail | G5 | SU | r-SIN | N | ||
Gastrocopta procera | Wing Snaggletooth | G5 | S3 | THR | SGCN | Y | |
Vallonia parvula | Trumpet Vallonia | G4 | S2 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Vitrina angelicae | Transparent Vitrine Snail | G5 | S1 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Acella haldemani | Spindle Lymnaea | G3 | SU | r-SIN | N | ||
Helicodiscus singleyanus | Smooth Coil | G5 | S2 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Vertigo morsei | Six-whorl Vertigo | G3 | S1 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Glyphyalinia rhoadsi | Sculpted Glyph | G5 | S2 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Somatogyrus depressus | Sandbar Pebblesnail | G2 | SU | r-SIN | N | ||
Striatura exigua | Ribbed Striate | G5 | S3 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Pseudosuccinea columella | Mimic Lymnaea | G5 | SU | r-SIN | N | ||
Bulimnaea megasoma | Mammoth Lymnaea | G4G5 | SU | r-SIN | N | ||
Aplexa elongata | Lance Aplexa | G5 | SU | r-SIN | N | ||
Vertigo hubrichti | Hubricht's Vertigo | G3Q | S1 | END | SGCN | Y | |
Valvata winnebagoensis | Flanged Valvata | G2? | SU | r-SIN | N | ||
Strobilops affinis | Eightfold Pinecone | G4 | S3 | m-SIN | N | ||
Planogyra asteriscus | Eastern Flat-whorl | G4G5 | S1 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Zonitoides limatulus | Dull Gloss | G4G5 | S1S2 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Planorbella truncata | Druid Rams-horn | G3G4 | SU | r-SIN | N | ||
Discus patulus | Domed Disc | G5 | SU | r-SIN | N | ||
Paravitrea multidentata | Dentate Supercoil | G5 | S2S3 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Vertigo nylanderi | Deep-throated Vertigo | G3G4 | S1S2 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Vertigo modesta | Cross Vertigo | G5 | S1 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Hendersonia occulta | Cherrystone Drop | G4 | S2S3 | THR | SGCN | Y | |
Philomycus carolinianus | Carolina Mantleslug | G5 | SU | r-SIN | N | ||
Strobilops aeneus | Bronze Pinecone | G5 | S1 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Allogona profunda | Broad-banded Forestsnail | G5 | S2 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Guppya sterkii | Brilliant Granule | G5 | S2S3 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Glyphyalinia wheatleyi | Bright Glyph | G5 | S1 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Zoogenetes harpa | Boreal Top | G5 | S1 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Striatura ferrea | Black Striate | G5 | S2 | SC/N | SGCN | Y | |
Cochlicopa morseana | Appalachian Pillar | G5 | S2 | SC/N | SGCN | Y |
Rank and status: To learn more about species rank and status, see the working list key. WWAP: (Wisconsin Wildlife Action Plan): SGCN (Species of Greatest Conservation Need) and monitoring and ranking SIN (Species with Information Needs). Mapped in NHI: (Natural Heritage Inventory): Y = Observations of these species are mapped into the NHI database.