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Vespericola columbianus

(I. Lea, 1838)

Northwest Hesperian Snail

G5Secure Found in 65 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.121240
Element CodeIMGASA4020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderStylommatophora
FamilyPolygyridae
GenusVespericola
Synonyms
Vespericola columbiana(I. Lea, 1839)
Other Common Names
Northwest Hesperian (EN)
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
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2017-08-02
Change Date2005-03-24
Occurrences Comments
Baxter (1987) cites occurrences in Alaska in the southeast and North Gulf Coast.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
AlaskaSNRYes
WashingtonS4Yes
OregonSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaS5Yes
Roadless Areas (65)
Alaska (43)
AreaForestAcres
Behm IslandsTongass National Forest4,777
ChichagofTongass National Forest555,858
Chilkat-West Lynn CanalTongass National Forest199,772
Chugach-12Chugach National Forest8,116
Chugach-13Chugach National Forest13,337
ClevelandTongass National Forest189,447
Copper River WetlandsChugach National Forest85,972
Douglas IslandTongass National Forest28,065
East MitkofTongass National Forest8,795
El CapitanTongass National Forest26,693
EudoraTongass National Forest195,022
Fidalgo-GravinaChugach National Forest257,968
Freshwater BayTongass National Forest44,933
GravinaTongass National Forest37,381
Hoonah SoundTongass National Forest79,764
Juneau UrbanTongass National Forest101,581
Juneau-Skagway IcefieldTongass National Forest1,187,268
KartaTongass National Forest52,117
KekuTongass National Forest10,869
KogishTongass National Forest65,216
KosciuskoTongass National Forest64,134
LindenbergTongass National Forest25,855
Mansfield PeninsulaTongass National Forest54,991
ManzanitaTongass National Forest8,401
Middle KruzofTongass National Forest14,724
North BaranofTongass National Forest314,089
North KruzofTongass National Forest33,146
North RevillaTongass National Forest215,430
Outer IslandsTongass National Forest99,862
Pavlof-East PointTongass National Forest5,399
Port AlexanderTongass National Forest120,681
RatzTongass National Forest5,325
RedoubtTongass National Forest68,347
RevillaTongass National Forest29,298
RhineTongass National Forest23,010
Sitka SoundTongass National Forest13,459
Sitka UrbanTongass National Forest112,003
Soda BayTongass National Forest78,091
South KruzofTongass National Forest55,193
SpiresTongass National Forest533,746
Taku-SnettishamTongass National Forest664,928
Thorne RiverTongass National Forest72,983
TwelvemileTongass National Forest37,940
Oregon (12)
AreaForestAcres
Bulldog RockUmpqua National Forest6,056
Cougar BluffUmpqua National Forest5,574
EagleMt. Hood National Forest16,841
French Pete (a)Willamette National Forest1,668
Gordon MeadowsWillamette National Forest9,463
Hardesty MountainWillamette National Forest3,754
LakeMt. Hood National Forest1,327
LarchMt. Hood National Forest12,961
Limpy RockUmpqua National Forest6,782
Mclennon MountainWillamette National Forest8,085
Opal CreekWillamette National Forest5,417
Williams CreekUmpqua National Forest5,844
Washington (10)
AreaForestAcres
Big Lava BedGifford Pinchot National Forest19,043
Jefferson RidgeOlympic National Forest6,512
Madison CreekOlympic National Forest1,223
Mt. BaldyOlympic National Forest3,557
Mt. ZionOlympic National Forest3,544
Rugged RidgeOlympic National Forest4,358
South QuinaultOlympic National Forest11,081
StrawberryGifford Pinchot National Forest5,244
TumwaterGifford Pinchot National Forest8,676
Upper SkokomishOlympic National Forest9,311
References (4)
  1. Baxter, R. 1987. Mollusks of Alaska: a listing of all mollusks, freshwater, terrestrial, and marine reported from the State of Alaska, with locations of the species types, maximum sizes and marine depths inhabited. Shells and Sea Life, Bayside, California. 163 pp.
  2. Forsyth, R.G. 2001. New records of land snails from the mountains of northwestern British Columbia. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 115: 223-228.
  3. 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.
  4. WoRMS Editorial Board. 2022. World Register of Marine Species. Available: http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ (accessed 19 Jan 2022)