Worldwide Shell Reference Books & Articles


Snails Land/Freshwater 

Brown, D.S., 2001.  Freshwater snails of the genus Gyraulus (Planorbidae):  Taxa of the Mainland Molluscan Research 21: 17-107

Cameron, R.A.D., 1976.  British land snails

Caum, 1928.  Checklist of Hawaiian land and freshwater Mollusca

Christensen, C., 1992.  Kaui’s native land shells

Close, H., 1995.  Lure of the Liguus:  the Florida tree snails 140 pp

Cowie, R.H., 1998.  Catalog of the nonmarine snails and slugs of the Samoan Islands, Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology 3, 1-122

Cowie, R.H., Evenhuis, N.L., Christensen, C.C., 1995.  Catalog of the native land and freshwater Molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 1-248

Cox, J., 1868.  Monograph of Australian land shells, Sydney

Franc, A., 1956.  Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l’Archipel Néo-Calédonien.  Mémoirs du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série.  Séerie A. Zoologie, 3:1-200

Haase, M. and Bouchet, P., 1998.  Radiation of crenobiontic gastropods on an ancient continental island: the Hemistomia – clade in New Caledonia (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae).  Hydrobiologia 367: 43-129

Haynes, A., 1984.  Guide to the brackish and fresh water gastropods of Fiji, Institute of Natural Resources, Suva

Haynes, A., 1985.  The ecology and local distribution of non-marine aquatic gastropods in Viti Levu, Fiji, The Veliger 28: 204-210

Haynes, A., 1988.  The gastropods in the streams and rivers of five Fiji islands:  Vanua Levu, Ovalua, Gau, Kadavu and Tavenu, The Veliger 30:377-383.

Haynes, A., 1990.  The number of freshwater gastropods on Pacific islands and the theory of island biogeography, Malacologia 31: 237-248

Haynes, A., 1993.  The gastropods in the streams and rivers of four islands (Guadalcanal, Makira, Malaita and New Georgia) in the Solomon Islands, The Veliger 36:285-290

Haynes, A., 1993.  The reproductive patterns of the five Fijian species of Septaria (Prosobranchia: Neritidae), Journal of Molluscan Studies 58:13-20

Haynes, A., 1996.  Reproductive strategies in the freshwater genus Septaria (Neritidae), Molluscan Reproduction, Malacological Review Supplement 6:1-7

Haynes, A., 2001.  Freshwater snails of the tropical Pacific islands, The Institute of Applied Sciences, University of the South Pacific, Fiji

Iredale, T., 1937.  An annotated check list of the land shells of south and central Australia, S. Aust. Naturalist, 18

Iredale, T., 1937-1938.  A basic list of the land mollusca of Australia, Aust Zoologist, 8-9

Iredale, T., 1939.  A review of the land mollusca of Western Australia, Rec. W.A. Museum, 2

Iredale, T., 1940-42.  Guide to land shells of New South Wales, Aust. Naturalist, 10-11

Iredale, T., 1943.  Guide to freshwater shells of New South Wales Pt. 1-2, Aust. Nat. 1943 A Basic List of Freshwater Mollusca of Australia, T. Iredale 1943, Aust. Zoologist, 10 (2) 1943

Kelleen, I.J., 1992.  Land and freshwater mollusks of Suffolk

Kerney, M., 1999.  Atlas of the land and freshwater molluscs of Britain and Ireland

Kershaw, R., 1991.  Snail and slug pests of Tasmania

Komatsu, S., 1986.  Freshwater and brackish water neritid fauna in Taiwan (Republic of China), Venus 45: 169-176

Macan, 1960.  Key to the British fresh and brackish water gastropods

Maciolek, J.A. and Ford, J.I., 1987.  Macrofauna and environment of the Nanpil-Kiepw River, Ponape, Eastern Caroline Islands, Bulletin of Marine Science 41: 623-632

McLauchlan, C.F., 1951.  Basic work on the life cycle of some Australian snails, Proc. Roy. Zool. Soc 1949-1950

McMichael, D.F. and Hiscock, L.D, 1958.  A monograph of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Pelecypoda) of the Australian region, Aust. Journ. Mar. Freshw. Res., Vol. 9, 3

Metcalf, A.L. and Smart, R.A., 1997.  Land snails of New Mexico

Parkinson, B., Hemmen, J., and Groh, K., 1987.  Tropical landsnails of the world

Pfleger and Chatfield, 1988.  Guide to snails of Britain and Europe

Pointier, J.P. and Marquet, G., 1990.  Taxonomy and distribution of freshwater mollusks of French Polynesia, Venus 49: 215-231

Shea, M., 1991.  Elusive ellobiids, Australian Shell News 76, 1-2

Smith and Kershaw, 1981.  Tasmanian land and freshwater molluscs

Smith, E.A., 1881. Freshwater shells of Australia, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool., Vol. XVL

Solem and Solem, 1976-82.  Endontid land snails of the Pacific – 2 parts

Solem and Van Bruggen, 1984.  World-wide snails (biographical study of non-marine mollusca)

Solem, A., 1976.  Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra) Part 1 Family Enddontidae

Solem, A., 1979-85.  Camaenid land snails from western and central Australia

Solem, A., Australian land snails, Vol. 1-7 Camaenidae, Western Australian Museum

Solem., A., Australian land snails Camaenidae, South Australian Museum

Stanisic, J., 1990.  Systematics and biogeography of eastern Australian Charopidae (Mollusca: Pulmonata) from subtropical rainforests

Tillier, S. and Mordan, P., 1995.  The anatomy and systematics of the New Caledonian land snails genus Draparnaudia Montrouzier, 1859 (Pulmonata: Orthurethra)