Terrestrial Snails

 

Family Species # of Individuals # of Sites
Discidae Anguispira mordax (n.r.) 2 1
Endodontidae Helicodiscus punctatellus 1 1
Hygromiidae Hygromia striolata (n.r.) 2 1
Polygridae Mesodon zaletus 1 1
Zonitidae Mesomphix andrewsae 2 2
Zonitidae Mesomphix rugeli 1 1
Zonitidae Mesomphix vulgatus (n.r.) 2 2
Oxychilidae Oxychilus alliarius (n.r.) 2 2
Oxychilidae Oxychilus cellarius 6 4
Oxychilidae Oxychilus draparnaldi 10 3
Zonitidae Paravitrea capsella 6 3
Zonitidae Paravitrea petrophila 1 1
Zonitidae Paravitrea placentula 28 5
Zonitidae Paravitrea smithi 5 5
Zonitidae Paravitrea variabilis 1 1
Polygridae Polygyra pustuloides 1 1
Zonitidae Retinella dalliana (n.r.) 1 1
Polygridae Stenotrema cohuttense (n.r.) 1 1
Polygridae Stenotrema exodon 4 2
Polygridae Stenotrema maxillatum 1 1
Hygromiidae Trochulus striolatus 1 1
Zonitidae Ventridens gularis (n.r.) 1 1
Zonitidae Ventridens intertextus (n.r.) 5 2
Vitrinidae Vitrina limpida (n.r.) 2 2
Gastrodontidae Zonitoides lateumbilicatus 1 1

Sample sites included: Flatwoods northeast of Victory Lake, Martha’s Meadow, woodland near the College Chapel on the main campus, woodland around Berry Reservoir, Plane Crash site (near the summit of Lavender Mountain), and two sites near the Old Mill (northeast- and southwest-facing slopes of the stream valley).

The source of this data is Sheehan, Tom N. 2015. Species diversity and abundance of terrestrial gastropods on Berry College’s Campus, Rome, Georgia. Honor’s Thesis. Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia. 26 pp.