Welcome to the homepage of the
FWGNA Project
News - The Classification of the Planorbidae
The Freshwater Gastropods of North America project is a long-term, collaborative effort to inventory and monograph all 15 families of freshwater snails inhabiting the continent north of Mexico. Our primary motive is the conservation of a fauna more imperiled than understood. The coordinator is Dr. Rob Dillon.
The FWGNA
project is decentralized. Individuals and small teams working at the
state or regional level are encouraged to seek independent funding,
review any and all extant sources of data, and proceed with field
surveys as necessary. Overall coordination will be facilitated by a
unified database structure. Our final products are projected to include
a user-friendly guidebook to the North American freshwater gastropods
and a web-accessible database featuring the conservation status, range,
and critical habitat for each species. Underwriting Opportunities
Available!
Freshwater
Gastropods of Georgia (Atlantic) NEW
3/07Freshwater
Gastropods of Virginia In Progress 3/07Freshwater
Gastropods of North Carolina Freshwater
Gastropods of South CarolinaFWGNA Information
Resources (Bibliographies, Museum Links, Online References)How
to Study and Collect Freshwater Gastropods (PDF, 554k)FWGNA Database
Structure (Working)News
Archives (Old email posts)
Go to Dr. Rob Dillon's home page
Email Dillonr@cofc.edu