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Land Snail Guide

Guide to Alabama Land Snails

Explore more than 200 figured species of land snail shells found in Alabama, one of the most biodiverse states in the US!

Alabama Seashells

Allopeas gracile

Graceful Awlsnail

Opeas pyrgula

Sharp Awlsnail

Rumina decollata

Decollate Snail

Subulina octona

Miniature Awlsnail

Bulimulus bonariensis

Ghost Bulimulus

Rabdotus dealbatus

Whitewashed Rabdotus

Rabdotus mooreanus

Prairie Rabdotus

Cochlicopa lubrica

Glossy Pillar

Cochlicopa morseana

Appalachian Pillar

Anguispira alabama

Alabama Disc, Alabama Tigersnail

Anguispira alternata var. carinata

Anguispira Alternata Var. Carinata

Anguispira alternata

Flamed Tigersnail

Anguispira macneilli

Tombigbee Tigersnail

Anguispira mordax

Appalachian Tigersnail

Anguispira strongylodes

Southeastern Tigersnail

Discus clappi

Channelled Disc

Discus nigrimontanus

Black Mountain Disc

Discus patulus

Domed Disc

Discus rotundatus

Rotund Disc

Lobosculum pustuloides

Meson normalis

Grand Globe

Allogona profunda

Broad-Banded Forestsnail

Daedalochila auriformis

Rockpile Liptooth

Daedalochila leporina

Gulf Coast Liptooth

Daedalochila plicata

Cumberland Liptooth

Daedalochila subclausa

Suwannee Liptooth

Daedalochila troostiana

Nashville Liptooth

Euchemotrema fraternum

Upland Pillsnail

Euchemotrema leaii aliciae

Alice's Pillsnail

Inflectarius approximans

Tight-Gapped Shagreen

Inflectarius downieanus

Dwarf Globelet

Inflectarius inflectus

Shagreen

Inflectarius rugeli

Deep-Tooth Shagreen

Inflectarius smithii

Alabama Shagreen

Linisa texasiana

Texas Liptooth

Lobosculum pustula

Grooved Liptooth

Mesodon clausus

Yellow Globelet

Mesodon elevatus

Proud Globe

Mesodon thyroidus

White-Lip Globe

Mesodon zaletus

Toothed Globe

Neohelix albolabris

Eastern Whitelip

Neohelix major

Southeastern Whitelip

Patera appressa

Flat Bladetooth

Patera perigrapta

Engraved Bladetooth

Patera sargentiana

Grand Bladetooth

Polygyra cereolus

Southern Flatcoil

Polygyra septemvolva

Florida Flatcoil

Praticolella lawae

Appalachian Shrubsnail

Praticolella mobiliana

Mobile Shrubsnail

Stenotrema barbatum

Bristled Slitmouth

Stenotrema barbigerum

Fringed Slitmouth

Stenotrema brevipila

Talladega Slitmouth

Stenotrema deceptum

Monte Sano Slitmouth

Stenotrema exodon

Alabama Slitmouth

Stenotrema florida

Apalachicola Slitmouth

Stenotrema hirsutum

Hairy Slitmouth

Stenotrema magnifumosum

Appalachian Slitmouth

Stenotrema maxillatum

Ridge-Lip Slitmouth

Stenotrema spinosum

Carinate Slitmouth

Stenotrema stenotrema

Inland Slitmouth

Stenotrema turbinella

Little Turban Slitmouth

Triodopsis alabamensis

Alabama Three-Tooth

Triodopsis fallax

Pinhole Three-Tooth

Triodopsis fraudulenta

Triodopsis Fraudulenta

Triodopsis hopetonensis

Magnolia Three-Tooth

Triodopsis tennesseensis

Budded Three-Tooth

Triodopsis tridentata

Northern Three-Tooth

Triodopsis vannostrandi

Tight-Coil Three-Tooth

Triodopsis vulgata

Dished Three-Tooth

Xolotrema caroliniense

Blunt Wedge

Xolotrema denotatum

Velvet Wedge

Xolotrema obstrictum

Sharp Wedge

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