World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) - Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)

(of Lymnaea columella Say, 1817) Say, T. (1817). Descriptions of seven species of American fresh water and land shells, not noticed in the systems. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadelphia 1(1): 13–16, 17–18., available online at http://archive.org/stream/journalofacademy01acaduoft#page/n21/mode/2up
page(s): 14 [details]

Type data

Note Not stated (probably near Philadelphia)

Type locality Not stated (probably near Philadelphia) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724460 on 2025-05-13

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original description (of Lymnaea columella Say, 1817) Say, T. (1817). Descriptions of seven species of American fresh water and land shells, not noticed in the systems. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadelphia 1(1): 13–16, 17–18., available online at http://archive.org/stream/journalofacademy01acaduoft#page/n21/mode/2up
page(s): 14 [details]

original description (of Limnaea peregrina Clessin, 1882) Clessin, S. (1882). Neue Arten. Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge. 5: 187-193, pl. 4. Cassel., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35463769
page(s): 188, pl. IV, fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Lymneus macrostomus Say, 1821) Say, T. (1821). Description of univalve shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2(1): 149-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831337
page(s): 170 [details]

original description (of Lymnea navicula Valenciennes, 1832) Valenciennes, A. (1832). Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. In: Humboldt, A. von & Bonpland, A. (Eds), Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée: faites dans l'océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Vol. 2: 262-339, pl. 57. Paris, J. Smith, and Gide., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30021592
page(s): 251 [details]

original description (of Lymnaea merostoma Ravenel, 1834) Ravenel, E. (1834). Catalogue of recent shells in the cabinet of Edmund Ravenel, M.D. Charleston, S.C. 1-20.
page(s): 11 [details]

original description (of Limnaea acuminata C. B. Adams, 1840) Adams, C. B. (1840). [Descriptions of new species of shells]. The American Journal of Science and Arts. 39 (2): 373-375., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30954840
page(s): 374 [details]

original description (of Lymnea chalybea A. Gould, 1840) Gould, A. A. (1840). Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells. American Journal of Science and Arts. (1) 38: 196-197., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30966509
page(s): 196 [details]

original description (of Lymnea casta I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [fifty-seven new species]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 2(17): 30-34 [7 May 1841]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521454
page(s): 33 [details]

original description (of Lymnea coarctata I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [fifty-seven new species]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 2(17): 30-34 [7 May 1841]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521454
page(s): 33 [details]

original description (of Lymnea strigosa I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [fifty-seven new species]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 2(17): 30-34 [7 May 1841]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521454
page(s): 33 [details]

original description (of Limnea vitrea Haldeman, 1842) Haldeman, S. S. (1842). New species of shells. A monograph of the Limniades or freshwater univalve shells of North America. 4. J. Dobson, Philadelphia. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11651599
page(s): backcover [details]

original description (of Succinea pellucida I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Description of six new species of Succinea of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 16: 109-111 [after 25 April 1864, before 30 June 1864]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26360733
page(s): 109 [details]

original description (of Limnea succiniformis Haldeman, 1842) Haldeman, S.S. (1842). Limnea. A monograph of the Limniades or freshwater univalve shells of North America. 5. J. Dobson, Philadelphia. 55 pp, plates 1-15.
page(s): 40 [details]

original description (of Lymnea columellaris C. B. Adams, 1839) Adams, C. B. (1839). [An account of the shells found in Fresh Pond]. The American Journal of Science and Arts. 36: 392–393., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15637207
page(s): 392 [details]

original description (of Limnaea ubaquensis Piaget, 1914) Piaget, J. (1914). Quelques mollusques de Colombie. Mémoires de la Société neuchâteloise de Sciences naturelles. 5: 253-269.
page(s): 266, pl. IX, fig. 5 [details]

original description (of Limnaea (Gulnaria) peregrina var. longispirata Clessin, 1888) Clessin, S. (1888). Binnenmollusken aus Südbrasilien. Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge. 10: 165-174., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35483405
page(s): 169 [details]

original description (of Limnaea columella var. championi E. von Martens, 1899) Martens, E. von. (1890-1901). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Land and freshwater Mollusca. London: R. H. Porter. xxviii + 706 pp., 44 pls. [1890: pp. 1-40, pl. 1; 1891: pp. 41-96, pls. 2-5; 1892: pp. 97-176, pls. 6-9; 1893: pp. 177-248, pls. 10-12; 1894: pls. 13-15; 1897: pp. 249-288, pl. 16; 1898: pp. 289-368, pls. 17-20; 1899: pp. 369-472, pls. 21-28; 1900: pp. 473-608, pls. 29-41; 1901: pp. 609-706 + xxviii, pls. 42-44]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/573268
page(s): 379, pl. 19, fig. 12 [details]

original description (of Limnaea francisca Poey, 1858) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061
page(s): 2: 32 [details]

context source (Bermuda) Haas, F. (1952). On the mollusk fauna of the landlocked waters of Bermuda. Fieldiana: Zoology. 34 (8): 101-105., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2750842 [details]

basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 1(3): 97-239, pls. 1-9., available online at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/Vol-1-No-3.pdf
page(s): 146, pl. 4, fig. 10 [details]

additional source Hubendick, B. (1951). Recent Lymnaeidae. Their variation, morphology, taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. Fjärde Serien. 3(1): 1–223. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Baker, F. C. (1911). The Lymnaeidae of North and Middle America, recent and fossil. The Chicago Academy of Sciences, special publication. 3: 1-539., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18164581
page(s): 163, pl. XXIII, figs. 8-20; pl. XXIV, figs. 1-4 [details]

additional source Appleton, C.C. & Miranda, N.A.F. (2015). Two Asian freshwater snails newly introduced into South Africa and an analysis of alien species reported to date. African Invertebrates. 56(1): 1–17.
page(s): 11. [details]

additional source Gomez, J. D., Vargas, M. & Malek, E. A. (1986). Freshwater mollusks of the Dominican Republic. The Nautilus. 100(4): 130-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277368 [details]

additional source Gomez, J. D., Vargas, M. & Malek, E. A. (1986). Pseudosuccinea columella (Lymnaeidae) in the Dominican Republic and transmission of Fascioliasis in the Caribbean Region. The Nautilus. 100(2): 66-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277294 [details]

additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. Iberus. 40(1): 1-290.
page(s): 70, 87 [details]

additional source Russell, R. H. (1971). The appearance of Pseudosuccinea columella (Say) in Arizona. The Nautilus. 85(2): 71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516171 [details]

identification resource Pointier J.P. (ed.). (2015). Freshwater molluscs of Venezuela and their medical and veterinary importance. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 228 pp. [details]