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Cepaea nemoralis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Grovesnail

G5Secure Found in 13 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.107314
Element CodeIMGASD8020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderStylommatophora
FamilyHelicidae
GenusCepaea
Other Common Names
Escargot des bois (FR)
Concept Reference
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.
Conservation Status
Review Date2007-02-07
Change Date2002-10-08
Edition Date2007-02-07
Edition AuthorsCordeiro, J.
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences> 300
Rank Reasons
This species is native to western Europe but have been introduced widely including many places in the U.S. and Canada (Whitson, 2005; Burch, 1962).
Range Extent Comments
This species is native to western Europe but have been introduced widely including many places in the U.S. and Canada (Whitson, 2005; Burch, 1962).
Occurrences Comments
In New York, Hotopp and Pearce (2007) report it from four counties in the metro and Long Island area and on Lake Erie. It was introduced intentionally to Frederick Co., Maryland (Grimm, 1971) and is still present there today (Orstan and Pearce, 2010).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNA
ProvinceRankNative
New YorkSNANo
CaliforniaSNANo
PennsylvaniaSNANo
IndianaSNANo
New HampshireSNANo
KentuckySNANo
WashingtonSNANo
MassachusettsSNANo
New JerseySNANo
OhioSNANo
TennesseeSNANo
TexasSNANo
MissouriSNANo
IdahoSNANo
WisconsinSNANo
Rhode IslandSNANo
District of ColumbiaSNANo
ColoradoSNANo
VirginiaSNANo
South CarolinaSNANo
MarylandSNANo
CanadaNNA
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaSNANo
OntarioSNANo
Island of NewfoundlandSNANo
Nova ScotiaSNANo
Roadless Areas (13)
Virginia (3)
AreaForestAcres
Beartown Addition BJefferson National Forest2,985
New London Bridge BranchJefferson National Forest844
Southern MassanuttenGeorge Washington National Forest11,985
Washington (8)
AreaForestAcres
Boulder RiverMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest32,563
Glacier Peak JMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest26,482
Glacier Peak KMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest47,269
Higgins MountainMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest13,185
Jupiter RidgeOlympic National Forest10,148
Mt. Baker MaMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest24,847
Mt. Baker Noisy - DiobsudMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest56,039
QuilceneOlympic National Forest18,656
West Virginia (2)
AreaForestAcres
Little MountainMonongahela National Forest8,172
Seneca CreekMonongahela National Forest22,287
References (8)
  1. Burch, J.B. 1962. How to Know the Eastern Land Snails. Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa. 214 pp.
  2. Dourson, D.C. 2010. Kentucky's land snails and their ecological communities. Goatslug Publications, Bakersville, NC. 298 pp.
  3. Dourson, D C. and West Virginia DNR. 2015. Land snails of West Virginia. Goatslug Publications, Bakersville, North Carolina. 412 pp.
  4. Grimm, F.W. 1971. Annotated checklist of the land snails of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Sterkiana, 41: 51-57.
  5. Hotopp, K. and T.A. Pearce. 2007. Land snails in New York: statewide distribution and talus site faunas. Final Report for contract #NYHER 041129 submitted to New York State Biodiversity Research Institute, New York State Museum, Albany, New York. 91 pp.
  6. Orstan, A. and T.A. Pearce. 2010. On the trail of Wayne Grimm's <i>Cepaea nemoralis</i>. American Malacological Society Newsletter 41(1):6.
  7. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.
  8. Whitson, M. 2005. <i>Cepaea nemoralis </i>(Gastropoda, Helicidae): the invited invader. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, 66(2): 82-88.