The Freshwater Gastropods of South Carolina are given in the left column, together with the total sites at which each was collected. This list is compared to the lists of Mazyck (Catalog of Mollusca of South Carolina, 1913), and the NatureServe Explorer online database (2/2005), giving synonyms where appropriate.

Confirmed in this study
 Sites
 Mazyck (1913)
 NatureServe
Bellamya japonica
 4
Cipangopaludina japonica
Campeloma decisum
 82
 Campeloma decisa, C. integra, C. lima
C. decisum
Viviparus georgianus
 5
 Vivipara georgiana
 V. georgianus
V. intertextus
 12
 Vivipara intertexta
 V. intertextus
V. subpurpureus
 3
V. subpurpureus
Lioplax subcarinata
 2
Lioplax subcarinata
Pomacea canaliculata 2    
Pomacea paludosa 1    
Goniobasis catenaria catenaria
 35
 G. catenaria, G. caelatura, G. gracillima
 Elimia catenaria
G. catenaria dislocata
 15
 G. abbevillensis, G. pallescens, G. spartenburgensis
 Elimia dislocata
G. proxima
 49
 G. proxima, G. conradi, G. symmetrica
 Elimia proxima


"Pleurocera simplex" ( = G. vanuxemii)


G. acutocarinata


G. carinifera
Lyogyrus granum
 5
Lyogyrus granum
A. limosa
 18
 Amnicola sp.
 Amnicola limosus
Somatogyrus virginicus
 10
S. virginicus
Gillia altilis
 1
 Gillia altilis
 Gillia altilis
Littoridinops tenuipes *

      Pomatiopsis hinkleyi, P. lapidaria
Lymnaea cubensis
 4
Fossaria cubensis
L. columella
 48
 Limnaea columella, L. macrostoma
 Pseudosuccinea columella


Limnaea desidiosa (=palustris)
Lymnaea humilis
 1
 Limnaea humilis, L. obrussa
 Fossaria humilis, F. obrussa
Physa acuta
 123
 Physa cubensis, P. heterostropha
 Physella heterostropha, P. acuta
P. pomilia
 10
 P. pomilia
 Physella hendersoni
Physa species A
 13



Physa gyrina
 Physella gyrina
Biomphalaria obstructa
 1
B. havanensis
Gyraulus parvus
 9
 Planorbis (Gyraulus) parvus
Helisoma anceps
 27
Helisoma anceps
H. trivolvis
 23
 Planorbis trivolvis, P. lentus, P. glabratus
Planorbella trivolvis
Menetus dilatatus
 38
 Planorbis (Gyraulus) dilatatus, P. (G.) alabamensis
 Micromenetus dilatatus
Promenetus exacuous
 2
 Planorbis (Menetus) exacuous


Planorbis (Gyraulus) deflectus Gyraulus deflectus
Ferrissia fragilis
 26
F. hendersoni, F. fragilis
F. rivularis
 5
F. rivularis
Laevapex fuscus
 48
 Ancylus peninsulae
 Laevapex fuscus


Ancylus (= Ferrissia) parallelus

Hebetancylus excentricus
 3


* The (partially estuarine) range of Littoridinops tenuipes was inadequately surveyed in this study.

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